The Blind & Crippled Billionaire's Swapped Bride

Ava Summers stiffened, blinking in confusion as she tried to make sense of the bomb her father, Richard Summers, had just dropped on her.

"What?"

"I said, you will be getting married to Devlin... Devlin Frost." He repeated, "Do you hear me now?"

She heard him quite alright. It was the words; it just didn't make sense.

"But... Dad... I thought... I thought Eva was the one getting married to..."

"There has been a change of plans." He cut her off sharply, not giving her a chance to complete her statement, "You will be marrying Devlin in her place."

Her eyes widened. Is this a joke?

"Dad..."

"Ava, that's final." He didn't need to shout; there was no need to. His voice was authoritative and had a tone of finality laced to it.

And Ava instinctively knew that this was no joke and also that there was nothing else she could say or do that could change that.

Right from when she and her twin sister, Eva, were born, she has always been the simple and neglected one, whilst Eva has been the delicate, overpampered, and celebrated one.

Anything Eva wanted, no matter what, would be granted by her parents without any hesitation. Eva has always been the one who made them proud... their perfect heiress.

Yeah, of course. Eva was the smart one, easily likeable, and such a ray of sunshine everyone wanted to be around. And she? The complete opposite.

Ava never wanted people's admiration nor praise nor acknowledgement. Hell. To hell with those! All she ever wanted was not to be neglected by her own parents and to be shown the same type of love Eva gets, even if it was just a little tweeny amount.

But now she had given up on that wishful thinking and come to the realization that she would never get that.

Never. Not on her life.

Eva has always been the perfect bride for the one and only Devlin Frost; their marriage was sealed by fate, arranged by both powerful families long ago.

And it was a widely known fact that Eva had always been crazy for Devlin Frost, right from their childhood years. The marriage arrangement was influenced by her.

Eva wanted Devlin. She told Richard. And Richard took care of the rest.

And now here they were, one week away from their wedding day, and her father was sitting right there telling her that she would be taking Eva's place.

Is this a fucking joke? A prank, perhaps? Where are the cameras?

What could have made Eva suddenly change her mind one week before their wedding? Ava couldn't help but wonder. Did she get cold feet? No, that's impossible. Eva has been infatuated beyond reason with Devlin for several years now; getting married to him would be the most wonderful thing that could happen to her.

So, why the sudden change of heart?

"No."

"What?"

"I said no." Ava repeated, voice cold, face as hard as stone as she