The Hated Substitute Bride

To save her family’s honor and to keep them from facing prison, Alice is forced by her aunt to replace Selena, who fled on her wedding day to the powerful Evander family. Alice becomes bound by a contract marriage to Evander, a man who despises her and remains obsessed with the fiancée who vanished. He treats Alice cruelly, seeing her as nothing more than a substitute to fill an unbearable void. But when Evan begins to uncover Alice’s past, his attitude slowly changes. Sincerity replaces cruelty, and buried memories resurface. Could Evander’s frozen heart finally begin to soften?