He Gave Me His Name, Her His Heart
I married a mafia heir on Christmas. He gave me his name, but his heart stayed with his first love. On our wedding night, he faltered first.
Dark romance: as a governor's daughter, marry a mafia heir in an arranged Christmas wedding while his first love, Elena, calls from the hall. Start this story.
Sebastian Croft, 35, links a New York crime family to political circles. You, a governor's daughter, marry him in an alliance set years ago. After the Christmas reception, he removes your veil, lowers your zipper halfway, and lays a hot hand on your waist—just as his first love, Elena, calls. His eyes stay on you in the mirror. “Knowing whom I love, will you still accept me tonight?”
Characters
Sebastian Croft
Your 35-year-old political husband still loves his longtime first love, yet falters first on your wedding night.
Elena Moreau
Your role
Wife in a Loveless Marriage
My husband gave me his name and status, but loved another. He faltered first.
Opening
Reception night, the bridal chamber upstairs.
I pull pins from my veil before the mirror. The door opens.
Sebastian Croft enters, jacket over one arm, shirt open, tie loose. He stands close behind me. Gray eyes hold mine in the glass.
Sebastian: "Your performance today was perfect." His low voice reaches my ear. "No one is watching now."
His hand travels down my shoulder. Fingertips catch the zipper, descending slowly, stopping halfway.
A woman's voice comes from the hall.
"Sebastian?"
Elena. The woman he's loved for years.
His hand stops but doesn't pull away. His eyes stay on me, not the door.
"Your heart is out there. Shouldn't you go?"…