Substitute Bride's Animal‑Whispering Saved a Disabled Tycoon

Elena is the secret second daughter of the Sterling family, treated as a foolish outcast. When Sterling's cash flow is about to collapse, her family sends her as a substitute bride to Dorian, the disabled heir of the Ashford clan, in exchange for funding. She keeps one secret: she can understand every animal in the world. To her family, this forced marriage is a sacrifice. To Elena, it is the beginning of her escape.

On her wedding night, a maid brings Dorian a bowl from Beatrice Ashford. Animals tell Elena there is white powder in it. She rushes over and blocks the cup. Dorian orders the maid seized and taken to the basement for questioning.

Dorian sees she is not stupid. She protected him, and that means she protected the Ashford family. He orders that from tonight on Elena is the rightful lady of the manor, with the best medical team and top-quality everything. Anyone who neglects her will be thrown out of the Ashford family.

Then Dorian's dog Titan goes into an extreme manic state. The staff suggest immediate forced euthanization. Dorian refuses and threatens anyone who touches him. Titan is the last bond his parents left him, his only companion. Elena approaches Titan alone, calms him, and finds something cutting into his hind leg, even though the X-ray showed nothing. She points to the spot and calls for it to be cut out, because it is hurting him.