Substitute Bride: Curing The Disabled Billionaire

Chapter 3

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f the heart monitor. Julian stared at Faye, his gray eye

silence stretched, heavy with intent-he w

Her stillness seemed to unsettle hi

. "The best doctors in the world examined me. The dia

sketch-a rapid, precise diagram of the human nervous system, annotated with com

use. The spinal injury exists, but it's not severe enough to cause total par

pressed a button on the armrest of his wheelchair. A series of faint clicks

hat's your angle? Did the Hayes fam

ly wanted me married to you. I, on t

sh. "A deal? What could you

e eye, her voice ste

He hadn't heard it in three years. The hope that flic

A girl from the countryside

"And because you have no other options. You can sit in this chai

rantee my safety and give me complete autonomy. In return, I'll get you

rest. A risk. A wild, insane risk. But walking again. Find

nally. "Proof that you're

need a set of acupuncture needles and some herbs. Toni

r a long moment. "Giv

greement. But

wrote quickly, the names of the herbs flowing

ing became certain: this woma

d turned to han

oor burst ope

be alone with this wom

ting hostility. Julian's sister, Catherine Sinclair

shreds with a contemptuous sneer. "Herbs? Needles? What is this witc

paper fluttere

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Substitute Bride: Curing The Disabled Billionaire

Roderic Penn Modern

“Faye was brought back from the countryside by her father, not out of love, but to be a sacrificial lamb. Her stepmother demanded she take her younger sister's place to marry Julian Sinclair, a billionaire heir paralyzed in a crash and notorious for his cruel temper. When Faye refused, her stepmother threatened to fabricate scandalous evidence about Faye's late grandmother-the only person who had ever loved her. Forced into the marriage, Faye was sent to the oppressive Sinclair estate with nothing but a shabby duffel bag. She immediately faced blatant hostility from Julian's arrogant sister and scheming cousins, who mocked her origins and treated her like dirt. When Faye prepared a traditional herbal paste to treat Julian, the entire family ambushed her, surrounding her to accuse her of being a backwoods fraud trying to poison the crippled heir. They all thought she was just a meek, helpless pawn meant to suffer in a gilded cage. They didn't realize she had already deduced Julian was actually paralyzed by a rare neurotoxin, nor did they know she was secretly a master healer searching for the truth behind her grandmother's murder. "I trust her." Julian shocked his family by tasting the vile paste himself, suddenly gasping as a burning sensation flared in his dead legs for the first time in three years. Faye adjusted her black-framed glasses, hiding a chilling smile. It was time to use the Sinclair empire to hunt down her enemies.”