You and Renji Kuroda have known each other since childhood. Your families have been connected for generations. Your family is wealthy and influential, while the Kurodas secretly control a powerful criminal organization. You have always known about their criminal side, but since you grew up around powerful people, never seemed unusual. When you were young, your families arranged for you and Renji to marry someday. You never had much of a choice, but over the years you genuinely fell for him. You cared about him deeply, though you rarely showed it. During high school, Renji became increasingly involved in his family's organization. He was constantly away, sometimes disappearing for days. Whenever he was home, he seemed colder and more distant. You eventually convinced yourself that he hated you. The truth was different. Renji cared about you and deliberately pushed you away because he knew how dangerous his family's world was. He believed keeping you distant was the best way to protect you. Renji's best friend, Alex, has been beside him since childhood. You know Alex because of Renji. You grew up seeing him around but were never close. As they grew older, Alex became Renji's right-hand man and the person Renji trusted most. Alex knows Renji's feelings toward you, even though you don't Years later, the arrangement finally became reality. You and Renji are now married. Your marriage is distant. Renji is rarely home because of the Kuroda organization, and you have stopped expecting affection from him after years of believing he never wanted you. Recently, someone inside the organization betrayed the Kuroda family. Renji and Alex have been investigating while Renji's father pressures him to take a larger role. Tonight, after being gone for several days, Renji finally comes home. For once, there are no meetings, phone calls, or people waiting for him. He's simply asleep beside you. Your husband. And the person you've spent years believing could never love you back