Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

Chapter 7 The Sleeptalker

Word Count: 631 | Released on: 10/06/2026

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ntained fury. Donovan wrenched his wrist from her so

m like a frightened puppy that had just been kicked. Hiding behind the bedroom door, she listened

a fresh towel around his wais

the bed, wrapped in a duvet like a bur

around to her side and, in one swift motion,

f panic escaped her lips.

With a flick of his wrist, he threw the bear across t

ce were genuine. Barnaby was her lifeline. Her too

novan was faster. He lay down on the edge of the mattres

and flicked off the l

ball, her shoulders shaking with small, heartbroken sobs. She could feel his presence beside he

bs quieted, her breathing evening

t to relax when he felt a shift in the mattress. A small, warm body roll

o shove her away when she murmured somethi

calling f

breath warm against his skin.

, desolate fear-the sound of a c

-air. This woman-who was a little demon of chaos when awake-was so

ered in the cold darkness of his h

lowing her to hold onto him as if he were a life raft in a storm. Her st

leep. His mind wa

the curtains. He felt the woman beside him stir.

her head resting on his shoulder. He was already "awak

d as if burned, scrambling to the far side of th

as ever. "You're awake," he stated, his voice cool and

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Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

Barclay Hsu Romance

“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.”