His Unwanted Wife
The morning after the wedding, the Blackwood estate felt even colder than the night before. Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, glinting off the marble floors, but it did nothing to soften the edges of the mansion or the weight in Lydia’s chest.
She had hoped sleep would bring some relief, a brief pause from the reality of her new life. Instead, she woke to silence—and the knowledge that Ethan Blackwood, her husband, still considered her a stranger, an inconvenience, a name on a contract.