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.

go to her, Cole! Maybe you should go and butter her up a little more. What are we going to do if she changes her mind and decides to back out of

that things have come this far?” Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck.

her mind if she finds

buzzing in her head. She took

her fists around her gown and held back the tears in her

hospital when his

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

was the fact that the boyfriend who said he loved her would turn

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

hopes and dreams were crushed, and she could barely

the room intensified, Avery clenched her fists, and her eyes

stepmother and stepsister’s bullying for her father’s sake. She suffered through all kinds

too stupid and

she would no longer allow them to take her

would take back all

ceremony began

with a bouquet of flowers in her hands, Avery walked down the aisle as

and

crowd looked puzzled, but she paid them no

on, she was Mrs. Foster,

to hold Avonsville in the

……

night, Avery was sent to

was located in the heart of the city’s affluent district and cost over 150 million

layout,

large bed. She slowly walked

face, and he exuded a majestic aura of

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

not sick, Avery would have

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255