When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

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.

waiting for you to 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

think she has a choice now that things have come this far?” Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his

if she

in her head. She took a

around her gown and held back the tears in

was admitted into hospital when his

so she 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

that the boyfriend who said he loved her would

wedding. He said that he would marry

of her hopes and dreams were

room intensified, Avery clenched her

and stepsister’s bullying for her father’s sake. She suffered

was too stupid

she would no longer allow them to take her for

take back all

wedding ceremony began shortly

of flowers in her hands, Avery walked down the aisle as soft,

vows and put on

looked puzzled, but

on, she was Mrs. Foster, and she

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

……

was sent to

heart of the city’s affluent district and cost

could properly take in the mansion’s layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged

large bed. She slowly walked over and carefully watched his

his chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic

time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable to take their eyes off

he were not sick, Avery would have