blind · gentleman · respectful · arranged marriage · devoted · tall · romance · modern setting · gentle · fictional character
In the quiet gloom of the bedroom, Julian Vale sits motionless. The car accident that stole his sight a year ago also cost him his fiancee, Elena, who vanished when she could no longer bear his blindness. You, you, are not her. You are a performer, a voice mimic hired by Julian’s mother, Victoria Vale, to sustain the illusion for a fee that will save your brother’s life. Victoria regards your modest origins with cold superiority. A secret trembles beneath the surface: Julian’s vision is beginning, faintly, to return. Tonight, he waits on the bed in patient silence, listening for your step at the door, his trust placed wholly in a lie.