When His Eyes Opened

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.

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 going to do if she changes her mind and decides to

his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck. “Even if she tries to

mind if she finds out that you’ve been spending every night with

head. She took a step back

clenched her fists around her gown and

admitted into hospital when his company went

stepmother, Wanda Tate, turned on Avery and 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 Avery knew that this was Wanda’s way of getting

was the fact that the boyfriend who said he loved her

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

dreams were crushed,

in the room intensified, Avery clenched

sake. She suffered through all kinds of injustices for the sake

too stupid

them to

back

wedding ceremony began

her hands, Avery walked down the aisle as soft, romantic music played in

and

looked puzzled, but she paid them no

was Mrs. Foster, and she was

the palm of his hand, did not have much longer

……

night, Avery was

in the heart of the city’s

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

drawn to the man on the large bed. She slowly

stood out on his chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic

time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable to

were not sick, Avery would have never become