When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

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.

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

that things have come 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

then said, “Avery will lose her mind if she finds out that you’ve been

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

fists around her gown and held back the tears in

admitted into hospital

forced her to marry into the Foster family so she could reap the benefits. She had made it sound like the marriage was for the good of the Tate family, but

the boyfriend who

to carry on with the wedding. He said that he would marry her once Elliot died, but

dreams were crushed, and

clenched

bullying for her father’s sake. She suffered through all kinds of injustices for

was too

no longer allow them to

would take back all that

wedding ceremony began

of flowers in her hands, Avery walked

vows and put on her own wedding

but she paid

Mrs.

new husband, who used to hold Avonsville in the palm of his hand, did not have

……

Avery was sent

of the city’s affluent district

layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged

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

face,

from spending all that time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable