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My Once Handsome Husband

Marriages are not a thing for love. They are a binding contract your parents make when you are a child and you will have no say in them. You are left to hope they bargained well. When Delaney Simms was born she was a beautiful baby everyone was sure would grow up to be as beautiful as her mother. So when Lord and Lady Adair approached the new parents to arrange a marriage for their handsome eldest son they were quick to accept. They had money but no title. The Adairs had titles and estates but they were falling into disarray due to lack of funds. It was the perfect arrangement. The children grew up and the fortunes of their families reversed. While the Adairs grew more and more wealthy, Delaney's parents passed away and she lost everything and had to live with her Aunt and Uncle. Her marriage contract was still binding though so at least she had that for her future. That was until word came that her handsome future husband had been sent to defend the kingdom against a dragon and had returned scarred and angry. Unable to escape her contract, Delaney was forced to marry the man who was now more of a monster. But could she ever learn to love him? Once they are married she learns there is much more to her scarred husband than meets the eye and she is soon swept into a life of witches, fairies, unicorns, pirates, and more. Delaney has made it clear she will never love her husband and he knows that. He makes a deal with her so they won't have to stay married forever. But what happens if now Delaney is the one to change her mind?

Erin_McLain_4927 · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
310 Chs

Old Home

 They arrived at the home of Delaney's Aunt and Uncle and she was surprised by how excited she was to be there.

 She had been taken away from her home and brought here when she was young. Until her father died, she had kept up the hope that she would be able to go home again and so she'd been careful not to let herself see this place as home. Delaney always thought if she had accepted this place right from the start maybe things would have been different.

 Uncle Felix and Aunt Flora came hurrying out to meet them when they arrived. Flora threw her arms around her niece and held her tight, tears of joy slipping over her wrinkled cheeks. Uncle Felix shook Vincent's hand, both very stiff and formal. Delaney knew her husband held no ill will towards her uncle but that didn't mean he'd forgotten everything Felix had said about why she shouldn't have had to marry him.