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.

butter her up a little more. What are we going to do if she changes her mind

Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck. “Even if

will lose her mind if she finds out

violent buzzing in her head. She took

gown and held back the

admitted into hospital when his

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 rid

who said he loved her

Cole urged her to carry on with the wedding. He said that he

of her hopes and dreams were crushed, and she could

room intensified, Avery clenched her fists, and her eyes turned ice

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

too stupid

no longer allow them to take her for

would take back all that was

ceremony began shortly

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

said her own vows and put on her own

crowd looked puzzled, but she

was Mrs. Foster, and

in the palm of his hand, did not

……

Avery was sent

city’s affluent district

properly take in the mansion’s layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged her to the master

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

his chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic aura of

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

Avery would have