Forced Marriage: Husband Won't Even Look At Me

Traumatized Female Lead. I repeat a traumatized female lead. After the death of her mother, Aria Dawson is left shattered. Her estranged father suddenly steps in, pretending he wants to take care of her in her weakest moment. But all of it is a lie. He only takes her in to replace her stepsister in an arranged marriage a deal made to save his collapsing company. And the groom she’s being thrown to is the rumored ugly womanzier, Adrian Sterling, the young Master of the sterling family, a man no one has ever seen before. On the other side, Adrian is also forced into the marriage by his grandfather. From the moment he hears Aria agreed to it, he develops a harsh hatred for her. In his eyes, she must be cheap and desperate to marry a stranger for benefits. He refuses to look at her, speak to her, or treat her like a wife. But he doesn't know Aria is not just quiet she is traumatized to the core. Nightmares, fear, and the weight of her mother’s death follow her everywhere. And as time passes, the truth begins to crack through Adrian’s coldness. He starts to notice her trembling hands, her silent tears, the way she flinches at loud sounds, and slowly realizes she never wanted this marriage either. She’s not cheap. She’s not scheming. She’s broken… and he was breaking her even more. With time Adrian finds himself falling in love, slowly and against his own will. And when danger from her past resurfaces threatening to destroy her completely, Adrian becomes the only shield she has left. He doesn’t understand it at first. Why he gets furious seeing her cry. Why the idea of losing her makes his chest tighten painfully. All he knows is that for the first time… protecting her feels like the only thing that matters.