Noe William sat in front of the dressing mirror in a trance, waiting for the makeup artist.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open and Hailey Spencer walked in hurriedly.
She was surprised to see that Noe was still wearing a grey cotton-padded jacket, her hair dishevelled.
Giving her a look of reproach, Hailey said, "The Mills family is here. Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"
Noe pushed her black-rimmed glasses up her nose, looking puzzled as her eyelids drooped. "Mom, do you really want me to marry Vivi's fiance?"
Thinking that Noe wanted to go back on her words, Hailey's face turned pale with dread.
The Mills family was waiting outside. Thus, it took just a slip-up to destroy the William family!
Hailey was so anxious that she knelt before Noe. "Noe, I'm begging you, Vivi deserves a better man, Please help her!"
Upon hearing those words, Noe's listless eyes turned cold. Hailey was her biological mother, but she had devoted all her love to the son and daughter of her father's dead ex-wife.
Thus, even though Hailey knew that Vivi's fiance looked hideous and was impotent, she forced Noe to marry him on behalf of her sister.
Outside the door, the servant was urging them, "Madam, Miss Noe, the Mills family's men are coming upstairs."
Instead of reaching out to help Hailey up, Noe said indifferently, "Get up. I'm leaving."
This time, she really couldn't care less, when she opened the door, she saw a group of unfamiliar bodyguards standing outside.
They were the people sent by the Mills Family to pick her up.
She was going to get married that day without a wedding ceremony or even a groom.
"Let's go." Noe then led the way downstairs.
The Mills family was one of the wealthiest families in Hill City.
The Mills, the only heir of the family, had been kidnapped more than ten years ago, that incident had led to his disfigurement and impotence.
Since then, Theo had never appeared in public.
Rumour had it that he was ruthless and ugly and that every woman sent into his room had never come out alive.
However, Noe was engulfed by despair that even if Theo turned out to be a devil, it did not matter to her.
When they arrived at Theo's villa, the bodyguards brought her into a room and left.
It was not until the dusk fell that the door was pushed open once again.
Noe turned her head and saw a tall man walking through the door.
Then, he closed the door behind him and turned on the lights in the room.
Noe instinctively raised her hand to block the dazzling light. It was only then that she finally saw who the man was.
At a glance, she was dumbfounded.
It was not because the man was ugly, but because he was too handsome.
Wearing a dark suit, he looked tall and muscular, he crossed the room in only a few strides, standing in front of Noe.
He had a handsome face with clear-cut and perfect features as if it was a fine piece of art.
However, she could feel a great sense of oppression from him.
Theo sized Noe up for a few seconds, frowning, he said, "Too ugly."
There was no emotion in his calm tone, Noe snapped back to reality.
She didn't care much about his comment on her appearance. Instead, she stared at him warily and asked, "Who are you?"
With a penetrating gaze, he said in a deep voice, "Don't you know who you are married to?"
As he got closer to Noe, his intimidating aura made her shudder.
She froze for a moment, catching her breath, then, she straightened her back, saying, "Of course I know. I'm married to Theo Mills."
Upon hearing this, the intensity in Theo's gaze gradually disappeared, replaced with a look of dawning comprehension.
It seemed that she was another woman who believed in the rumours.
Her expression was way too calm for someone who was just married to an ugly and impotent man, piquing his interest.
His lips curled into a smirk as he pretended to say frivolously, "Oh, I see, I'm Theo's cousin, Evan Mills. I don't think you'd want to spend your wedding night with a disabled man."