Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

Author: Barclay Hsu

Chapter 1 The Unwanted Bride

Word Count: 770 | Released on: 10/06/2026

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

Chapter End

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Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

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“The Turner family was on the brink of absolute bankruptcy. To wipe their debts clean, they agreed to marry a daughter to Donovan Carlisle, the notorious, blind, and disabled heir of the Carlisle Group. But the biological daughter, Karyn, threw a hysterical fit, screaming she would never marry a cripple. So, the parents turned their cold, calculating eyes to their adopted daughter, Chloe. They knew Chloe had a neurodevelopmental disorder. They knew she was simple. Yet, without a second thought, they dressed her in oversized, childish rags and threw her into the Carlisle estate as a sacrificial lamb. Before she left, they tested her intelligence one last time with a one-dollar and a hundred-dollar bill, exchanging smug smiles when she happily chose the smaller note. They thought they were sending a broken toy to a useless man. They didn't know that Chloe had been faking her simplicity for years just to survive their cruelty. Behind the mask of an idiot child clutching a teddy bear was "Shadow," a ruthless, anonymous Wall Street genius. She planned to use this marriage as her perfect cover to strip the Turners of everything and build her own empire behind the back of a blind husband. But on her wedding night, when she entered the master suite, Donovan didn't stumble. He grabbed her chin with deadly accuracy, his eyes sharp behind his dark glasses. "You're lying," he whispered. Her blind husband could see perfectly fine. And the ultimate game of deception had just begun.”