Chapter 1
Chapter 1
At night, in the Russell Manor of Covenhill, the butler Wyatt Lewis said, “Mrs. Russell, tonight is your wedding night with Mr. Russell. Please enjoy your. evening
“Wyatt, 1–” Eliana Burke had just started to speak when Wyatt shut the door quickly.
Left with no choice, she turned around. Before she could get a good look at the room, a glass came flying straight at her, followed by a harsh, furos shout. “Get out.”
Eliana instinctively dodged to the side and realized the glass had missed her.
When she looked up again, she saw an incredibly handsome man leaning against the headboard, glaring in her direction with a face full of hostility.
This was the man Eliana had just married, the one her grandfather Caleb Burke had arranged for her in his youth–Theodore Russell.
This marriage had started as a verbal agreement made by both of their grandfathers when they were young. Later, the Russell family had risen under Theodore’s father, Logan Russell, and grown into a business empire with the founding of Russell Group.
Eliana’s father, Hudson Burke, gave up bringing up the arranged marriage after being turned away a few times.
But just a few days ago, Theodore’s grandfather, Daniel Russell, suddenly showed up at Burke Manor in person. After a long private talk with Hudson in the study, they finalized the wedding date between Eliana and Theodore.
Still, a “blessing” like this was never meant for her. It all came down to the fact that two years ago, Theodore had been in a car accident. He’d survived, but lost his eyesight.
The woman who was supposed to marry him had left him. Other single heiresses were scared of his temper and refused to marry him.
Rumor had it that Theodore was the kind of man who’d broken his younger brother’s leg and framed his own father to send him to prison over business interests.
Plus, now that he was blind and no longer the head of Russell Group, marrying him brought zero benefits.
But Eliana’s father, Hudson, still used the excuse of loyalty and family honor to sell her off just like that.
‘Then again, he’s got two daughters, doesn’t he?‘ Eliana thought mockingly.
On the other side of the room, when Theodore didn’t hear Eliana open the door and leave the room, he grew even more irritable. “I told you to get out. Are you deaf or what?”
Eliana turned and tried the doorknob, then looked back. “It’s locked from the outside. I can’t get out.”
Theodore was at a loss for words,
Just as he was about to grab something else to throw at her, Eliana quickly said, “Mr. Russell, if you end up hurting me, there’ll be no one left to look after you.”
Theodore’s face twisted in disgust. “I don’t need someone like you taking care of me.”
“Really?” Eliana glanced under his bed and saw a tray of food spilled on the floor, completely ignored. “So what about the mess under your bed? Just going to leave it there for the maids to clean up tomorrow?”
At that, Theodore’s handsome face instantly darkened.
Eliana couldn’t help thinking about how cold Wyatt had been to her earlier, and how the rumors described Theodore as so ruthless he didn’t even spare his own family.
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Now that he was blind and no longer in power, she figured even the staff probably felt bold enough to start neglecting him
None of this had anything to do with her originally, but then Eliana remembered the deat she made with Hudson before the marr “I’ll handle it.”
But Theodore wasn’t having it. “I told you, I don’t need your help.”
Eliana blinked. “Mr. Russell, to be honest, I don’t want to help either. But the food’s gone bad, and I’d rather not spend the night choking on the Theodore didn’t know what came over him, but he let out a cold laugh and mocked her, “Jumping straight to sleep arrangements? Have you no shand
Eliana rubbed her temples. “You’re overthinking it, Mr. Russell. I have zero interest in you. Even if we sleep together, we’re not gonna do anything intimate.”
Seeing the disbelief on his face, she added, “Here’s the deal. If I so much as touch you, you can throw something at me. Does that work for pat
Theodore didn’t respond. His face was still cold, and he stayed tense, guarded to the core.
At that, Eliana couldn’t help but think, ‘He probably hasn’t felt safe since going blind. That’s probably why he doesn’t like people getting too close
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