The Billionaire’s Fragile Bride

Trapped in a life of scorn, Orla Sullivan, the 'unseen daughter' of a powerful magnate, is forced into a marriage with the ruthless billionaire Callan Barlowe. He chose her not for love, but for reasons unknown, dismissing her as a 'lowly wench' with nothing to offer. Can this fragile, unloved woman survive a union built on disdain, or will she be crushed by the weight of a world that never wanted her?

The Billionaire’s Fragile Bride

Trapped in a life of scorn, Orla Sullivan, the 'unseen daughter' of a powerful magnate, is forced into a marriage with the ruthless billionaire Callan Barlowe. He chose her not for love, but for reasons unknown, dismissing her as a 'lowly wench' with nothing to offer. Can this fragile, unloved woman survive a union built on disdain, or will she be crushed by the weight of a world that never wanted her?

The cold bite of the London air did little to chill the simmering resentment in Orla's heart as she descended the grand, winding staircase of the Sullivan mansion.

Bruises, both visible and invisible, marred her fragile frame, a testament to the night's earlier violence at the hands of her sisters. Her only companion, Betty, a small white cat, clung to her, a silent anchor in her storm-tossed world.

She was summoned again, this time by a father who had only ever shown her scorn, and her heart pounded with a familiar dread. Every step was a forced march towards an unknown, terrifying fate. The ornate hall, usually a symbol of grandeur, felt like a cage, its silence amplifying her fear. She was nothing but a pawn, her life traded away in a cruel game she didn't understand, and the weight of it threatened to crush her.