when eye opened

it was the of Avonsville socialite Avery Tate's wedding,but there was no groom in sight.

The groom,Elloit Foster,had been in a vegetative state since a car crash half a year ago.

His doctor said that he was not going to make it until the end of the year. in a grief_stricker act,

Elloit's mother decided to arrange a marriage for her son before he met his untimely end. the foster 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 her 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 cross her phone screen, anxiously awaiting a text message.she had a boyfriend she was force to marry Elliott's,and it was a terrible confidences that he happened to be Elloit's nephew,Cole foster .

However,they had never made their relationship public.Avery had texted Cole the night before in hopers 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 and excuse to leave the room.she hurried down the corridor and froze in her track as she walked past one of the rooms. Avery hard the sound of her sister,Cassandra giggling delightedly through the slightly ajar room door.

"I bet my dump sister is waiting for you to go to her,Cole! may be you should go and butter her up a little more what are we going to do if she changes her mind and decides to back out of the wedding?"

"do you think she as a choice now that thing's have come this far?" Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck." even if she tries to back out now, the guards will drag her down the alter by the nack". Cassandra snickered wickedly,then said, "Avery will hope her mind if she finds out that you've been spending every night with me!"

Avery felt a violent buzzing in her head.she took a step back and almost lost her balance.she clenched her fist's around her gown and held back the tears in her eyes.her father was admitted into hospital when I'd company want under. Her 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 Tate family,but Avery knew that this was Wanda's way of getting rid of her!

what was least expected,was the fact that the boyfriend who said he love her would turn around betray her!

it was no wonder Cole urged her to carry on with the wedding.

He said that he would marry once Elliot is died,but it was all huge lie!

All of her hope and dreams were crushed,and she could barely breathe.

As the voice in the room intensified. Avery clenched her fist's and her eyes turned ice cold for years,she endured her stepmother and stepsister's bullying for her father's sake.she suffered through all kinds of injustices for the sake of the family.she was too stupid and naive .now,she would no longer allow them to take her for fool!

she would take back that was hers!

the wedding ceremony began shortly after.

Dressed in her wedding gown with a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Avery walked down the aisle as soft, romantic music played in the background.she said are own wows and put on her own wedding ring.the crown looked puzzled ,but she paid them on mind . from now on ,she was Mrs .foster ,and she was untouchable.

However her new husband,who used to hold Avonsville in the palm of his hand,did not have much longer to live.that night, Avery was sent to Elliot mansion.

it was located in the heart of the city's affluent district and cost over 150 million dollars.

Before Avery could properly take up the mansion's layout,Mrs .cooper had dragged her to the master bedroom. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the man on the large bad .she slowly walked over and carefully watched his face .

Elliot deep_set features stood out on his chiseled face,and he exuded a majestic aura of mobility.

His skin was unusually pale from spending all that time indoors,but is handsome face made one unable to talk their eyes off of him.if he were not sick, Avery would have never become his wife.

Before he had been bed_ridden from the car crash, Elliot was powerful figure in the country of Aryadelle. sterling Group, which he headed, was one of the country top ten corporations.he was rumored to be truthless and tyrannical and had a legal business as well deals with the underworld.

Anyone who cross him was sound to pay a hefty Avery never thought that she would marry a man like Elliot.the bedroom door opened while she was lost in through.

it was cole !

"I'm sorry, Avery! I was too busy today and just managed to come to see you,

"said cole as he approached Avery with feigned sincerity on his face.

"I just married ur uncle ,"

Avery snapped coldly ."do i need to teach you how to address me?"

"I know you're mad . I didn't elope with you because I didn't want you to suffer a difficult life.uncle Elloit is practically a dead man, so you don't have to lift your finger while married to him.once he's dead, I'll get a good lawyer and make sure you get his whole estate!"

Cole eagerly grabbed Avery's hands and said"when that happens, everything he has will be be ours!" Avery recalled the earlier scene she had witnessed between and Cassandra, and she felt a surge of disgust .

" let go!" she yelled as she violently shook his hands off.her sudden cry took cole by surprise.was this the Avery he knew?

Avery was always gentle and kind, and she would never raise her voice at him.could she have found out about something?

Cole felt a hint of guild and move closer to Avery in hopes of explaining things to her.the next moment,his eyes shifted to something behind Avery.

His eyes widened in disbelief as if he had just seen a ghost.

"He.....He..."cole stammered

Elliot who was lying still on ,beg an to slowly open his. eyes.