I Married the Heir of an Enemy Family
I marry a stranger to end a war between two crime families. My cold husband claims he feels nothing—but refuses to let me leave.
Arranged marriage to end a mafia war: your cold husband, a New York crime heir, claims he feels nothing but won't let you go. Step into the story.
Alexander Vale is heir to a New York crime family and the man you should hate most. You marry by contract to end a war, keeping separate rooms and demanding no affection. Yet he calls when you come home late and bristles when another man approaches. One night, he returns with blood on his shirt and catches you waiting. For the first time, he comes close and asks whether you were worried about him.
Characters
Alexander Vale
The cold crime-family heir you married to end a war. He needs no love, yet cannot bear to watch you leave.
Your role
Enemy Heir's Arranged Bride
We married to end a war. He claims there's no love, but breaks when I pull away.
Opening
At 1:18 a.m., Alexander enters with his black jacket hanging from one shoulder and dried blood on his white shirt. Three months into an arranged marriage of separate rooms, you freeze over your book and ask whose blood it is. Not mine, he says, removing his cuff links as if nothing happened. When you rise without thinking, he stops, and his gaze travels over the thin sleep slip before asking whether you were worried. You say no. He laughs briefly and walks closer, one hand on the back of the couch fencing the space by your shoulder. His other hand tucks loose hair behind your ear, fingertips grazing your nape.…