Substitute Bride: My Fake Blind Husband

Chapter 9 The Grandfather's Visit

Word Count: 758 | Released on: 10/06/2026

her charade; he was an active, willing participant in a game she was only just beginning to understand. Her ne

as slightly ajar. Peeking through the crack, she saw him si

. This was it. If he

ed as if listening, his fingers tapping a silen

eyes scanned the desk and landed on a heavy, crystal paperweight-a

w to the ground, aiming for the side of the desk. Her plan was simple: "accidentally" brush against the desk, knock the paperweight to the floo

nd outstretched, when his v

ooking for

r balance, flailed for a moment, and then tumbled out from beh

ile was gone, replaced by an expression of cold inquiry. "My

d and landed on the intricate floral pattern of the rug. "Flowers!"

xcuse, Mrs. Gable's voice announced from

her to her feet with surprising strength. He dragged

s expression severe. He was here to inspect the merchandise-to see the

wild-haired, wide-eyed girl who looked more like a fright

er," he said, a hint of amusement in his voice, "I'd like you to mee

a hand, attempting a civil greeting. "He

on his perfectly knotted silk tie. She reached out

, her voice full of

de of purple. In his eighty years, no o

beside her, Chloe heard a low, soft chuckle. It came fro

h an open window, and gave chase. She ran through the drawing room, a whirlwind of chaos, her laughter echoing off

s. Cornelius looked as if he

the audacity to say to his apoplectic grandfather,

dson, his broken, bitter grandson, looking on with an expression of actual enjoyment

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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.”