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 snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com son before snazzynovel.com met his untimely end.
The Fosters were one of the wealthiest families in Avonsville, but no socialite in snazzynovel.com right mind would want to marry a man who was knocking on Death’s door.
…
Avery sat at the vanity with snazzynovel.com slender figure gracefully dressed in a white wedding gown. With snazzynovel.com elegant makeup that brought out the exquisiteness of snazzynovel.com pale complexion, snazzynovel.com looked as delicate as a budding red rose.
Yet, there was an uneasiness in snazzynovel.com almond-shaped eyes.
There was only another 20 minutes until the ceremony, and Avery was frantically sliding snazzynovel.com fingers across snazzynovel.com phone screen, anxiously awaiting a text message.
She had a boyfriend before snazzynovel.com was forced to marry Elliot, and it was a terrible coincidence that snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com never got a reply.
She could wait no longer.
Avery rose from snazzynovel.com seat, clenched snazzynovel.com hand around snazzynovel.com phone and made up an excuse to leave the room.
She hurried down the corridor and froze in snazzynovel.com tracks as snazzynovel.com walked past one of the rooms.
Avery heard the sound of snazzynovel.com sister, Cassandra giggling delightedly through the slightly ajar room door.
“I bet my dumb sister is still waiting for you to go to her, Cole! Maybe you should go and butter snazzynovel.com up a little more. What are we going to do if snazzynovel.com changes snazzynovel.com mind and decides to back out of the wedding?”
“Do you think snazzynovel.com has a choice now that things have come this far?” Cole said as snazzynovel.com held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against snazzynovel.com neck. “Even if snazzynovel.com tries to back out now, the guards will drag snazzynovel.com down the altar by the neck!”
Cassandra snickered wickedly, then said, “Avery will lose snazzynovel.com mind if snazzynovel.com finds out that you’ve been spending every night with me!”
Avery felt a violent buzzing in snazzynovel.com head. She took a step back and almost lost snazzynovel.com balance.
She clenched snazzynovel.com fists around snazzynovel.com gown and held back the tears in snazzynovel.com eyes.
Her father was admitted into hospital when his company went under.
Her stepmother, Wanda Tate, turned on Avery and forced snazzynovel.com to marry into the Foster family so snazzynovel.com could reap the benefits. She had made it sound like the marriage was for the good of the Tate family, but Avery knew that this was Wanda’s way of getting rid of her!
What was least expected, was the fact that the boyfriend who said snazzynovel.com loved snazzynovel.com would turn around and betray her!
It was no wonder Cole urged snazzynovel.com to carry on with the wedding. He said that snazzynovel.com would marry snazzynovel.com once Elliot died, but it was all a huge lie!
All of snazzynovel.com hopes and dreams were crushed, and snazzynovel.com could barely breathe.
As the voices in the room intensified, Avery clenched snazzynovel.com fists, and snazzynovel.com eyes turned ice cold.
For years, snazzynovel.com endured snazzynovel.com stepmother and stepsister’s bullying for snazzynovel.com father’s sake. She suffered through all kinds of injustices for the sake of the family.
She was too stupid and naive.
Now, snazzynovel.com would no longer allow them to take snazzynovel.com for a fool!
She would take back all that was hers!
The wedding ceremony began shortly after.
Dressed in snazzynovel.com wedding gown with a bouquet of flowers in snazzynovel.com hands, Avery walked down the aisle as soft, romantic music played in the background.
She said snazzynovel.com own vows and put on snazzynovel.com own wedding ring.
The crowd looked puzzled, but snazzynovel.com paid them no mind.
From now on, snazzynovel.com was Mrs. Foster, and snazzynovel.com was untouchable.
However, snazzynovel.com new husband, who used to hold Avonsville in the palm of his hand, did not have much longer to live.
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That night, Avery was sent to Elliot’s mansion.
It was located in the heart of the city’s affluent district and cost over 150 million dollars.
Before Avery could properly take in the mansion’s layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged snazzynovel.com to the master bedroom.
Her eyes were immediately drawn to the man on the large bed. She slowly walked over and carefully watched his face.
Elliot’s deep-set features stood out on his chiseled face, and snazzynovel.com exuded a majestic aura of nobility.
His skin was unusually pale from spending all that time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable to take their eyes off of him.
If snazzynovel.com were not sick, Avery would have never become his wife.
Before snazzynovel.com had been bed-ridden from the car crash, Elliot was a powerful figure in the country of Aryadelle. Sterling Group, which snazzynovel.com headed, was one of the country’s top ten corporations.
He was rumored to be ruthless and tyrannical and had a legal business as well as deals with the underworld. Anyone who crossed snazzynovel.com was bound to pay a hefty price.
Avery never thought that snazzynovel.com would marry a man like Elliot.
The bedroom door opened while snazzynovel.com was lost in thought.
It was Cole!
“I’m sorry, Avery! I was too busy today and just managed to come to see you,” said Cole as snazzynovel.com approached Avery with feigned sincerity on his face.
“I just married your uncle,” Avery snapped coldly. “Do I need to teach you how to address me?”
“I know you’re mad. I didn’t elope with you because I didn’t want you to suffer a difficult life. Uncle Elliot is practically a dead man, so you don’t have to lift a finger while married to him. Once he’s dead, I’ll get a good lawyer and make sure you get his whole estate!”
Cole eagerly grabbed Avery’s hands and said, “When that happens, everything snazzynovel.com has will be ours!”
Avery recalled the earlier scene snazzynovel.com had witnessed between Cole and Cassandra, and snazzynovel.com felt a surge of disgust.
“Let go!” snazzynovel.com yelled as snazzynovel.com violently shook his hands off.
Her sudden cry took Cole by surprise. Was this the Avery snazzynovel.com knew?
Avery was always gentle and kind, and snazzynovel.com would never raise snazzynovel.com voice at him.
Could snazzynovel.com have found out about something?
Cole felt a hint of guilt and moved closer to Avery in hopes of explaining things to her.
The next moment, his eyes shifted to something behind Avery. His eyes widened in disbelief as if snazzynovel.com had just seen a ghost.
“He… He…” Cole stammered.
Elliot, who was lying still in bed, began to slowly open his eyes.