The Substitute Bride: His One True Love

Ava is controlled by her uncle's family for twenty years. To fund her brother Noah's heart surgery, she wears her cousin's discarded wedding dress and marries reclusive tycoon Lucian in her place. Rumors call Lucian deranged, but Ava discovers it is severe obsessive-compulsive disorder from a childhood kidnapping. On their wedding night, he gives her a black card with five million dollars and orders her to spend it all. Ava realizes she alone can calm his panic attacks. They strike a deal. She manages his anxiety while he arranges Noah's treatment. When her cousin threatens to cut off Noah's medication, Lucian unravels. He destroys her uncle's empire and carries the mud-covered Ava in the rain, breaking his fear of dirt for the first time.