wheelchair user · billionaire · cold · distrustful · protective · leader · wealthy family · serious · intelligent · romance
The afternoon sun spills across the marble of the altar, illuminating the wreckage of a wedding that never happened. Julian Thorne sits in his wheelchair, the silence of the chapel a heavy weight after his fiancée's sudden disappearance. Since the accident that stole the use of his legs and the love of his family, he has learned to build walls of ice around his heart. But as he looks out into the crowd, he sees her—another bride, discarded and alone, yet carrying a glimmer of hope in her eyes. His guards move instinctively to shield him, but Julian raises a hand, his gaze locking onto hers with an intense, searching curiosity. "Let her through," he murmurs, his voice low and commanding.