His Unwanted Bride: The Substitute's Secret

Chapter 6

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tley was a silent, le

aked past the tinted windows, a glittering blur that Elianna watched without really see

in the enclosed space, was sharp and

r head from the w

addressing his driver. "About children. My mot

gray eyes unreadable in the dim l

t hearing him state it so bluntly

man can live with that?" She thought of her precariou

Instead of waiting passively for the contract

ise of one. It could be an anchor.

forcing her voice to sound calm, rat

stion, as if he expected her to

sped tightly in her lap. "We could tell them... we ar

car thickened

were sharp now, analytical, trying to dis

e had ever voluntarily men

intense and unnerving. Her palms began

ed, using logic as a shield for her pan

for so long that she felt the muscles in her face

ction to his touch. And now this. This cool, calcul

was far more complex

tant, warm lights of the Leach family

away, his gaze retur

umbled in his

an agreement, not a

eased fractionally, but a new, de

saved her marriage, or if she had just

ay. Dozens of other luxury cars were already parked

, Adrien reached across the space between them. He ge

d against the sensiti

and electric, shot through he

nd back as if he'd been burned. The temperat

is face an impassive mask. He then walked

stretched hand. For a spl

ced her cold

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His Unwanted Bride: The Substitute's Secret

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“Elianna was nothing more than a substitute wife, pushed into a cold, transactional marriage with billionaire Adrien Leach after her perfect older sister, Ivette, suddenly ran away. For a year, they lived as strangers sharing a zip code, which was exactly what Elianna needed to hide her darkest secret-a severe, trauma-induced phobia of physical touch that left her trembling and terrified at her husband's slightest proximity. But this fragile, loveless balance was completely shattered at the annual family gala. Just as Elianna swallowed her panic to play the dutiful wife, Ivette unexpectedly returned. The golden child burst in, demanding her rightful place beside Adrien, while their own mother looked at Elianna with familiar, crushing disdain, ready to cast the understudy aside. Hiding in the shadows of the balcony, Elianna felt the suffocating weight of her past closing in. She waited for Adrien to terminate their contract, fully expecting him to agree that she was just a pathetic, temporary placeholder who couldn't even bear to be touched. Instead, she heard Adrien's voice cut through the dark, delivering a ruthless warning to the sister who thought she had won. "It's not a deal, Ivette. I married her because I'm in love with her." Standing frozen behind the glass door, Elianna's blood ran cold as she realized her fake, business-deal marriage was hiding a terrifying secret of its own.”