"You! You knew! Please don't be angry with my dad, he only did this because my sister doesn't want to get married to you so he sent me instead." Elena quickly tried to explain with her head bowed down. She was scared of the consequences her father would face if her husband got angry.

Although her husband was just an handicapped man in the Louis Family, he was still a member of the biggest family in the city. "Please, please, don't get upset. I am pleading on my father's behalf."

Adrian stared at the girl before him with a blank expression, she was pleading for her father instead of getting mad for being made to get married to an handicapped man for her sister's sake.

"Elena Whitmore, it is said that you have a fiancé and that fiancé is the eldest young master of the Louis Family. Why would you leave him behind and instead go after an handicapped man?"

Elena turned puzzled, she raised her head and gazed at the man sitting down. "Huh?"

"You can't understand something so simple? Isn't your fiancé the eldest young master of the Louis Family? I heard you and him are so in love to the point he sends you flowers daily."

"Why would you leave the heir to an empire, the love of your life and the man of your dreams to marry an handicapped man in place of your sister?" Adrian asked coldly, gazing at her. Her innocent expression seemed so annoying to him.

"I love him, I do not know if he loves me but then my father asked me for a favour so I had to fulfill it. Moreover, it doesn't matter honestly." Elena replied with a calm expression, a light flashed through her eyes that didn't go unnoticed by Adrian.

"Or were you sent by him? To monitor what I do? Watch over me like a puppet or kill me?" Adrian pressed further still not satisfied with her answer.

Elena frowned, "I am only here because my father asked me for a favour, nothing more, nothing less. I am married to you and not interested in anyone else."

"The moment I said I did at the altar, I meant it and forgot about everything else. Now, you are my husband and I am your wife. Elena Whitmore Louis." Elena replied with a firm tone.

Adrian's lips curled into a smirk, "No, you are not Elena Whitmore Louis, you are Elena Adrian Laurent. That's what and who you are." 

"Remember that and let it stick in there. Till you are married to me, you are going to answer that name." Adrian remarked his expression lightening up a bit.

"Get rest, you must be tired from the wedding and the drive here. Dr. Claire will be here soon with the ointment, apply that and go to sleep." Adrian remarked before wheeling his wheelchair out of the room.

Elena sat shaken on the bed, she gazed at the door. She was Elena Adrian Laurent, she finally had an identity. After so many years, her lips thinned into a little smile before it broadened further.

"A new beginning.." Elena whispered to herself, she could not help but remember what she heard this morning. If she did not hear it, she would have continued being a fool and blind by their love display.

Now, she was going to find a life for herself that didn't involve them. 

"You are smiling, it seems you have fallen in love with our young master, that was fast." Dr. Claire remarked with a teasing smile on her lips as walked into the room, she placed the ointment on the bedside table.

Elena raised her head and returned her expression back to it being plain. "I do not know what you are talking about. You are a doctor, what are you doing in the mansion? Aren't you supposed to be working?" Elena changed the topic.

Dr. Claire giggled, it seemed she was fond of giggling, she had a beautiful giggle anyway so it was alright. "Indeed, I am a doctor that does not work. All I do is stay in my house till I am called here."

"Oh, so you are a private doctor. It must be boring then, I believe most doctors like to stay around lots of sick patients." Elena remarked, picking up the ointment from the table.

"Of course, lots of doctors love that. But I do not, I am that doctor that prefers staying all alone in my house and enjoying karaoke and barbecue." Dr. Claire replied, smiling widely.

"That's weird, unless maybe you are getting so much to work as a private doctor." 

"If I say, your husband is the reason I am a doctor, will you believe me? This might sound weird but he is the reason I am a doctor indeed, I decided to treat him long ago." Dr. Claire answered by cutting the words short, she didn't want to dive into the past.

"Hmmmm" Elena nodded her head, it seems her husband has a lot of admirers and people willing to forfeit their lives for him.

Dr. Claire only smiled at her, she stood up and excused herself from the room. Walking through the corridor, she arrived outside a black door, she knocked on the door and it was pushed open.

"Elias, where's your master?" Dr. Claire questioned, her expression morphed into a cold one seeing Elias standing there.

"He went in to clean himself, he will be out soon. The blood from the car accident has dried to his skin." Elias replied, staring at Dr. Claire from head to toe.

Soon, the study door was pushed open. Adrian rolled his wheelchair into the office, his hair was still wet and the clothes on him were also wet.

"Dr. Claire."

"Elias."

"Master, are you alright? You didn't let me check up on your wounds, it will leave a scar once again if you continue like this."

"It doesn't matter. I already have enough scars, an additional scar won't make much difference." Adrian remarked, his eyes looked dead as he stared at his two trustees.

Placing his legs down from the wheels of the chair, he stretched them and then slowly he stood up on his feet.

He was tall, very tall. His long legs stood steady on the ground, although he appeared short sitting, it was not the case while he was standing.

Placing his legs down from the wheels of the chair, he stretched them and then slowly he stood up on his feet.

He was tall, very tall. His long legs stood steady on the ground, although he appeared short sitting, it was not the case while he was standing.

Dr. Claire's lips curled into a smirk, "When are you going to tell your wife? That you can walk perfectly well? And that your legs are not damaged?" 

"Master doesn't need to tell this to the young miss, the young miss just came into the villa. What if she is a spy?" Elias retorted with a frown.

"Not everyone is a spy like you Elias, people vary." Dr. Claire shot back with cold eyes.

Elias swallowed, guilt flashed through his eyes for a moment before it disappeared. In the past, before he had joined the team, he was a spy who came to invade them and he had used Dr. Claire as his means of information and getting into the house.

"I'm sorry." Elias muttered with a choked throat. Dr. Claire gazed at him before humming and turning away.

"That's enough for both of you. I will decide if she needs to know, for now Elena is better off not knowing anything." Adrian silenced the both of them.

He walked around and sat on the black chair that was skillfully and specially made for him, running his hands through the files, he picked out a particular one.

"Go through this file and get whatever is left done. I need it tomorrow." Adrian remarked throwing the file at Elias, Elias was quick to catch hold of the file too. He nodded his head and hurried out of the room.

"What did you find, Dr. Claire? After the checkup?" Adrian questioned Dr. Claire, he had made an observation earlier which he had talked to Dr. Claire about.

"Aside from not having any physical pain, I checked her blood type and it seems to be different from the members of her supposed family, she seems to be from a different family." Dr. Claire remarked standing straight.

"Another family... Mmmm... Let's keep this information to ourselves for now, find out everything about her background and which family she belongs to and let me know about it." Adrian responded by reading through his files.

"Okay master." Dr. Claire replied and skipped out of the office, her favorite part of her work was finding and linking things. Like a puzzle, it made her happy whenever she did it.

Vanessa walked into her Manager's office with a pissed expression on her face. She stumped her foot and took a seat on the couch. In a few minutes, her manager walked in too with an equally pissed expression adorning her face.

"What the hell is wrong with them? I said I wanted this deal but it was given to someone else. Not just anyone, the mysterious singer?" 

"Is F Company so small now that they can't even buy a deal for me?" Vanessa ranted, tapping her feet continuously on the ground.

"I am no less mad than you are. I thought you spoke to the CEO? So what's happening? They can't even get such a small deal for you, then what's the use of staying in this company?" Vanessa's manager said too, pacing up and down.

"Dad asked me to get that deal so I can stay out of the country for a while, the foolish company failed to get it. Now that my brainless sister is married to that crippled man, I can live my life freely as I want but they don't want me to." 

"I should go and meet the CEO again, he has some explaining to do." Vanessa screamed hitting the couch.

"Take it easy Vanessa, going to the CEO now won't solve anything. You already went to see him once but he didn't give you a face, he only gave you a face before because you were the fiancée of the Second young master of the Louis Family."

"You can't go to him now without any identity, he would blatantly refuse to see you. I suggest you go home now and wait till it is resolved or you ask your father to speak to him." The manager remarked thoughtfully.

Vanessa was furious, she was mad at everyone. She wanted this deal to do much, it would boost her popularity and give her more fame but right under her eyes it was snatched by a mysterious singer!

Someone she didn't even know! "Ahhhhhhhh fuck it"! Vanessa picked up her bag and keys in anger and stormed out of the office. Vanessa didn't wait and she ended up forgetting her face mask on the couch, she rushed out like that. Her manager shook her head helplessly.

"Don't forget to cover up so you won't get photographed by the media." Vanessa's manager yelled after her but it all fell on deaf ears, she sighed. She had to get to work now. If not, then she would be fired soon.

Outside the Manager's office, three girls stood in a corner, the red colored hair girl among them smirked. She wiped her shirt and gestured to the others to follow her, so she had been getting distracted all this while because of her lack of connection. 

And the supposed daughter in law of the Louis Family was here, while someone got married in her place. A cold glint flashed through her eyes, it was going to be an interesting topic on the net....

Soon the girls disappeared from the corridor.

Vanessa's manager tried to call everyone she could think of to help Vanessa in getting the deal that she wanted but nothing was going through, even after 45 minutes, she still had gotten no promising  response. Annoyed, she crashed on the couch.

She Picked up the remote control, she turned on the TV and switched channels till she got to entertainment news, searching for something to keep her mind off her failure.

"NEWS FLASH: THE FAMOUS SUPERSTAR Vanessa Whitmore WHO WAS SUPPOSED  TO HAVE GOTTEN MARRIED WAS SEEN DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE SECOND YOUNG MASTER WAS DECEIVED BY HER."

"What is the meaning of this? How did this get out! How!!" Richard yelled, throwing the remote control to the wall. The remote control smashed against the wall and broke into bits.

"What is the meaning of this? How did this get out! How!!" Richard yelled, throwing the remote control to the wall. The remote control smashed against the wall and broke into bits.

"What the hell is on the news? How did this get out so fast? I expected the news to be released but not so soon. It's just been 7 hours since Elena got married!" Richard remarked angrily, his eyes stared at the tv with a grim expression on his face.

Esther couldn't help but frown, how the hell did this news get to the media so fast, she had made sure she bought all the news channels. When she looked up from her thoughts, her husband had disappeared into the room and swiftly he was back again.

"My assistant said, this news was first started by a very small media outlet before it became a wide fire. I thought I told you to buy over all the media outlets for the day!" Richard remarked, giving her an icy stare.

Esther coughed, "I bought the media outlets like you asked me to. I bought the big and major companies because they are the ones that usually spread news in this manner, but I didn't expect a small business to actually find out."

"That is your problem Esther! You underestimate people a lot, you believe only big people can get something. How did you even end up getting married to me?" Richard asked with a snort, the woman was always so careless.

Esther's nose tingles, the urge to cry came crashing down on her but she tried to hold herself back from crying. Her eyes tingled too from the tears trying to free themselves.

"Don't you dare shed your tears here! First of all, let's find a solution to all these. This news must have gotten to the patriarch already, not only will he be furious, he might do something to our family out of rage."

"You had one job and all you did was ruin it." Richard muttered typing on his phone, he was trying to shut down all the news on the internet.

Vanessa rushed into the house furiously, she threw her bag on the ground immediately she came in, tears falling from her face.

"Daddy, help me. They refused to give me the singing endorsement, it was won by the mysterious singer. They don't even know her, why would they pick her over me... Daddy please help me get the endorsement." Vanessa cried holding her father from behind.

She failed to note the angry expression in his eyes, she constantly shook him crying pitiful tears so he would help her. Esther shook her head silently trying to gesture to her daughter to step away but her daughter was acting childish.

"Dad! Aren't I your daughter anymore? Aren't I the one you love the most? Why aren't you responding to me! Daddy please help your princess! Woooo~" Vanessa cried childishly.

When she felt her father was not replying to her, she came in front of him only to be met with his dark expression, she coughed awkwardly. 

"Daddy is everything okay? Why is your expression so dark?" Vanessa questioned, she was ready to turn towards her mom for answers when a loud slap rang out.

Vanessa's face swooped to one side with her neck bent, she placed her hand on her cheek with wide surprised eyes.

"Richard!

"You had one job, all you had to do was stay away from trouble and not get yourself on the news. But you didn't anyway and now, you are not the only one in trouble. We all are!"

"But still you have the nerve to ask me for an endorsement deal? Does this current problem not bother you even a bit? Why do you keep acting spoiled when you are not a child?" Richard remarked angrily.

Tears sprouted out of Vanessa's eyes, she didn't do anything wrong but she was slapped so hard. It would have been better if she was married to that crippled man that face this kind of torture from her father.

Crying silently, Vanessa bent her head. Esther was in pain seeing her daughter like this, she sent a glare towards her husband. 

"This is none of her fault! She wasn't the one who spread the news of herself anyway, so why blame her? If you want to blame somebody, then blame me! Blame me for not doing a proper job of buying the media well!"

"Not my daughter!" Esther yelled patting Vanessa's back and trying to console her, she sent her husband a sharp glare before pulling Vanessa with her and they walked out of the room.

Richard sighed, he ran his hand through his hair numerous times. He didn't know what had come over him but he had to resolve the issues now, later he would talk and try to apologize to his family.

Elena sat on the bed watching the news, she stared at the entertainment news with a blank expression. It was faster than she had expected, her sister must have infuriated someone again to get disgraced publicly.

Even when the knob of her door was pushed open, Elena was too lost in thoughts to take notice. She wondered who her sister had angered this time around to get dragged publicly on the internet.

"You like thinking a lot." Dr. Claire remarked, popping a gum.

Elena turned her head towards the doctor, although she was tired earlier, now she had the chance to have a proper look at the doctor.

Dr. Claire's hair was short and resting perfectly well on her shoulders. Her legs were long and she was tall, something she had failed to notice earlier. She also wore glasses like other doctors, only Elena felt those glasses were just for fancy.

"Now, have you fallen in love with me? I know nobody can resist a gorgeous woman like me, I expected you to have more self control. What will the master say, if he knows his wife is taking an interest in me?

Dr. Claire wriggled her brows playfully, she stepped forward with an unexplainable smile on her lips. Her eyes went to the tv but it stayed only for some moments before it returned back to Elena.