Chapter 1: The Wedding She Never Wanted
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Emily Carter stood frozen in front of the grand mirror, staring at herself in a white wedding dress she had never dreamed of wearing.
Only yesterday, she had been an ordinary college student with a simple life. Today, she was about to marry the coldest billionaire in the city—Alexander Blackwood.
It wasn't love.
It wasn't even her choice.
Her father had signed a contract to save the family's company from bankruptcy. The price was simple...
Emily had to become Alexander's wife.
"You have five minutes," a maid said quietly before leaving the room.
Emily clenched her trembling hands.
"How can someone sell their daughter's future?" she whispered.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
Outside, hundreds of wealthy guests waited for the wedding of the year. Cameras flashed. Reporters crowded the entrance.
But inside Emily's heart...
Everything was breaking apart.
Moments later, the church doors opened.
Alexander Blackwood stood at the altar in a perfectly tailored black suit.
Cold.
Expressionless.
Powerful.
He didn't even look at Emily as she slowly walked toward him.
The priest began the ceremony.
"Do you, Alexander Blackwood, take Emily Carter as your lawful wife?"
"I do."
His voice was calm and emotionless.
Emily felt her heartbeat race.
"Do you, Emily Carter...?"
She wanted to say no.
She wanted to run.
But then she saw her father's desperate face in the front row.
Closing her eyes, she whispered,
"...I do."
The moment the rings were exchanged, Emily realized one terrifying truth.
She had just married a man whose heart seemed colder than ice.
But she had no idea...
Alexander was hiding a secret that could change both of their lives forever.
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