Chapter 1: The Glass Cage of the Bridal Suite

Elena Vance discovers her cousin has fled the wedding, taking the critical Vance-Thorne merger ledger with her. Trapped by the threat of her family's financial ruin, Elena negotiates a desperate deal with Julian Thorne: she will take the runaway's place at the altar in exchange for the erasure of her family's debt. Julian accepts, treating her as a necessary, replaceable asset, and immediately forces her into the public eye to preserve his corporate reputation.

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The Glass Cage of the Bridal Suite

The scent of white lilies in the bridal suite was cloying—a floral funeral shroud for a wedding that had not yet begun. Elena Vance pushed the heavy oak door shut, the sound echoing like a gavel strike against the marble floor. The suite was cavernous, opulent, and dangerously silent.

"Cousin?" Elena called out, her voice a thin thread against the suffocating velvet curtains.

There was no answer. The vanity was a

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