When His Eyes Opened (Avery and Elliott)

Chapter 1

It was the day of Avonsville socialite Avery Tate’s wedding, but there was no groom in sight.

The groom, Elliot Foster, had been in a vegetative state since a car crash half a year ago. His doctors said that he was not going to make it until the end of the year.

In a grief-stricken act, Elliot’s mother decided to arrange a marriage for her son before he met his untimely end.

The Fosters were one of the wealthiest families in Avonsville, but no socialite in her right mind would want to marry a man who was knocking on Death’s door.

……

Avery sat at the vanity with her slender figure gracefully dressed in a white wedding gown. With her elegant makeup that brought out the exquisiteness of her pale complexion, she looked as delicate as a budding red rose.

Yet, there was an uneasiness in her almond-shaped eyes.

There was only another 20 minutes until the ceremony, and Avery was frantically sliding her fingers across her phone screen, anxiously awaiting a text message.

She had a boyfriend before she was forced to marry Elliot, and it was a terrible coincidence that he just happened to be Elliot’s nephew, Cole Foster.

However, they had never made their relationship public.

Avery had texted Cole the night before in hopes that they would escape Avonsville together and elope. She had stayed up all night waiting, but she never got a reply.

She could wait no longer.

Avery rose from her seat, clenched her hand around her phone and made up an excuse to leave the room.

She hurried down the corridor and froze in her tracks as she walked past one of the rooms.

Avery heard the sound of her sister, Cassandra giggling delightedly through the slightly ajar room door.

is still waiting for you to go to her, Cole! Maybe you should go and butter her up a little more. What are we

this far?” Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck. “Even if she tries to back out now, the guards will drag her

will lose her mind if she finds out that you’ve been spending every night

buzzing in her head. She took a step back and almost lost her

her fists around her gown and held back

was admitted into hospital when his company went

so she could reap the benefits. She had made it sound like the

the boyfriend who said he loved her would turn around and betray

urged her to carry on with the wedding. He said that he would marry her

her hopes and dreams were crushed, and

the voices in the room intensified, Avery clenched her fists,

sake.

was too

would no longer allow them to take her for

back all that was

ceremony

her wedding gown with a bouquet of flowers in her hands,

vows and put on her

but she paid them no

on, she was Mrs. Foster, and she was

used to hold Avonsville in the palm

……

was sent to Elliot’s

located in the heart of the city’s affluent

take in the mansion’s layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged her to the

immediately drawn to the man on the large bed. She slowly walked over and

chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic aura

from spending all that time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable to take their eyes