Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

t marry a

with the wilting lilies-smashed against the marble floor. Glass skittered across the

van Carlisle IV is nothing! A crippl

pressed into a thin white line. She pointed a manicured finger at the do

rlisle-Turner Family Merger and Marriage Agreement.

"In return, the Turner Group's debts get wiped cle

ung in the air-five percent. Enoug

reatening letters, without hushed phone calls. But then came

Her fingers dug in. "Mom, please," she whisper

For a moment, she seem

lit her tear-streaked cheeks. She lean

we hav

ater. Diane's expression froze, then sl

t to his feet. "No!" His voice was a ro

ntion of his adopted daughter, something old and strong flickered in his eyes.

Diane shot back. "No one will question it. They

es have only ever seen me at events. They don't know what Chloe loo

e've built turn to dust? Do you want to be on the street? Karyn's future-ruined." She gestured around

sers, her face a perfect portrait of a heartbroken daughter. "Daddy, ple

y of overdue bills piled on his desk, pressed down on him. He cove

be able to tell the difference." The groom's supposed weakness became the cor

remembered the small, quiet girl he'd brought home from the orphanage. The promis

she was connected to the Carlisles through her sis

th the terror of ruin, was too much. H

voice came out a hoarse whi

sn't

was done. They began whispering, hashing out details. They'd use Chloe'

ened," Diane murmured, already crafting the

ng. He was a coward, and he knew it. In the gilded cage of his living room