All Chapters of I Married His Worst Enemy: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The day Damian Cross came home, lights burned the whole length of the drive at Vale House.I stood beneath the portico, my gaze settled on the gril behind him.She wore a white dress and peered around his shoulder like a frightened deer.Damian stopped in front of me. His voice was rough when he said, "Vivi."He was thinner, darker, and several new scars crossed his face.I managed a smile and stepped forward to embrace him.He shifted aside and drew the girl forward."This is Lila Hart," he said. "She saved my life down south."My smile froze.At the welcome-home dinner, my father sat at the head of the long table and watched Damian with open satisfaction. Marcus Vale didn't hand out approval often."You did well," he said. "Name your reward."Damian set down his glass, left his chair, and led Lila into the center of the room. They knelt together in front of my father.Damian didn't look at me. His eyes stayed on the man he called Boss."I don't want a reward. I have only

I said nothing, which was answer enough.Who I married hardly mattered anymore. What mattered was that he couldn't be Damian Cross.Damian needed to understand what he'd thrown away."Stay here until the wedding," Adrian said. "I'll handle your father.""He'll never agree."The Vales and the Blackwoods had been at war for nearly a decade. Marrying Adrian would be a public slap in my family's face.His reply was calm, arrogant, and completely certain."He will. He's lost Damian, his sharpest blade. He'll need a new ally, won't he?"Our wedding was arranged at a reckless speed.By the next day, every criminal circle in the city was buzzing. People said the Vale heiress had lost her mind, that she was opening the door to a wolf just to punish an unfaithful fiancé.My father smashed his favorite crystal decanter set against the wall of his study and refused to see me for two days.Damian was locked in a holding room at the estate.I saw him on the third day.Somehow he got out

Damian's most reckless men crowded in behind him.They'd already surrounded the chapel.The guests cried out, and the room dissolved into panic.Damian ignored every scream. His gaze came straight for me, sharp enough to cut."Vivi. Come here."His voice sounded scraped raw, like something that had clawed its way out of hell.Adrian put himself between us at once."Touch her and see what happens."Damian raised the detonator."This has nothing to do with you, Blackwood. Get out of my way!"He swept his glare across the chapel."I've packed this place with explosives. Anyone who wants to live should stay out of my way!"He'd gone mad.Truly, completely mad.My father shook with rage."You treacherous bastard."Damian laughed, wild and unhinged."You taught me this, Boss. If you want something, you take it by any means necessary."His obsessive stare found me again."Now I'm taking back my woman."Nobody moved."One last time, Vivi. Are you coming to me?"The chapel

The next few days passed without incident.Damian vanished so completely he might never have existed.Adrian stayed close. We went out to dinner, wandered through shops, and sat together in dark movie theaters like any couple newly in love.Our relationship changed in the quiet of those ordinary days.I got used to his company, and to his occasional possessiveness and tenderness.I started to believe life might settle into something good.Then an unfamiliar number called me.Lila's tearful voice came through the phone."Miss Vale, please, you have to save Damian."He's going after the K Syndicate because of you. They'll kill him."I frowned. "Where is he?"She gave me an address at an abandoned shipping yard beyond the city.I ended the call, grabbed my keys, and left without hesitating.Adrian was out. I tried to call him and got no answer.I couldn't wait.I knew Lila was setting a trap. She certainly wasn't calling out of kindness.But Damian had spent too many years

This time, I wasn't marrying to punish anyone or to secure an alliance.I just wanted the man standing in front of me.I wanted a lifetime with him.Our second wedding was private. No guests, only Adrian, me, and the officiant.In a small chapel full of sunlight, we exchanged rings.When Adrian kissed me, I closed my eyes and felt a peace I'd never known before.Married life was quiet and happy.Adrian spoiled me shamelessly. He made breakfast himself, it never tasted particularly good. He sat reading beside me while I worked, content to share the room without interrupting. He remembered every anniversary and always prepared a surprise for me.People in our world joked that the Blackwood Reaper had married the Vale heiress and lost all his sharp edges.They were wrong.Adrian was every bit as dangerous as before. He'd simply sheathed every blade for me and let only me touch the softest part of him.Once, I asked him when he'd started loving me.He thought about it for a lon