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.

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

Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck. “Even if she tries to back

snickered wickedly, then said, “Avery will lose her mind if

She took a step back and

and held back the tears in

hospital when his

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

boyfriend who said he loved her

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

and dreams were crushed,

room intensified, Avery clenched

for her father’s sake. She suffered through all kinds of injustices for the sake of

too

allow them

back all that was

wedding ceremony began shortly

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

said her own vows and put

but she paid them

on, she was Mrs. Foster, and she was

her new husband, who used to hold Avonsville in the palm of

……

night, Avery was sent to

was located in the heart of the city’s affluent district

mansion’s layout, Mrs. Cooper had dragged

immediately drawn to the man on the large bed. She slowly

out on his chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic aura of

spending all that time indoors, but his handsome face made one unable to take their eyes

Avery would have never become