All Chapters of I Became The Bride He Hates: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Eleanor’s POV“Wait… am I inside the book I read last night?”I stared at the man standing before me, then lowered my gaze to my bound hands. My white gown was stained with dirt, my knees pressed against the cold stone floor, and dozens of pairs of eyes watched me as though I were the most dangerous criminal in the entire Valedorian Empire.No. This couldn’t be happening.I still remembered my apartment, the heavy rain beating against the windows, and the novel I’d been reading before everything went dark. My chest had tightened, my breathing had grown shallow, and then I’d lost consciousness. When I opened my eyes again, I was in this unfamiliar place, standing before someone whose face I knew all too well.Edward Alistair.Duke Edward Alistair, the male lead of The Duke’s Unwanted Bride.“Eleanor Genevieve Rose,” an elderly man’s voice echoed throughout the hall. “You stand accused of treason against the Valedorian Empire. The evidence gathered indicates that you leaked royal secret

Eleanor’s POVThe chapel doors swung open, and every conversation inside came to an abrupt halt.I stepped inside, my white wedding gown feeling far heavier than it looked. At the far end of the aisle, Duke Edward Alistair stood before the altar. He looked exactly like the man on the cover of the novel I remembered: handsome, composed, and almost entirely devoid of emotion. As though this wedding were nothing more than an inconvenient task he needed to get through before returning to work.Dozens of eyes followed my every step. I didn’t need to hear the whispers to know what everyone was thinking. The topic of the day was obvious enough: The bride standing beside Edward should have been Isabelle Rose, not Eleanor.When I reached him, Edward offered me his hand. I took it, then heard his low voice.“You’re late.”I turned to him. “By only a few minutes.”“I hate waiting, even for a few seconds.”“Then you’d better get used to it from now on.”His gaze shifted to mine. For a moment, I t