The substitute bride is a mute novel Chapter 1

On the night of their wedding, Judy Blake sat in distress at the edge of the bed.

Jenna didn't want to marry the disfigured eldest son of the Reid family, so their father had Judy take her place.

Subsequently, she was treated as a bride unworthy of being presented to the public. She married into the family without a wedding and guests of any kind.

As for her own family, she felt utterly heartbroken by their actions.

The sound of the door being pushed open interrupted her thoughts. She lifted her head and was met with a gentle yet piercing gaze of a man.

Clark Reid.

Her husband whom she had just married.

He had a tall yet slender build,and sharp features. He felt like a hawk in the night—solitary yet domineering.

His handsome face had been forcibly ruined by a scar that stretched from his forehead to his jaw. It made him look more aggressive.

Under his sharp gaze, she instinctively averted her eyes.

All of a sudden, Clark spoke bluntly.

"You're not Jenna Blake."

The woman in front of him was evidently more beautiful than Jenna.

Judy began to make hand signs at him out of habit.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he furrowed his brows.

She stopped before realizing that he couldn't understand sign language. She offered him an awkward smile and pulled out the notepad she carried with her, jotting down her words for him.

The next moment, she saw his eyes turn cold.

"What does Matthew Blake mean by this?" He scoffed. "He's fully aware I asked for Jenna, yet he sent me his mute, illegitimate daughter?"

The words 'mute' and 'illegitimate' made Judy's breath hitch in her throat. She lowered her eyes slowly before her chin was forced upwards by the man.

"Does the Blake family take me for a fool?"

His fist tightened.