Arranged to the Cold Heir

You married cold, powerful boss Joel Lawson in an arranged match. He knows you're blind, yet keeps his distance, leaving butler Alastair as your one comfort.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Your parents arranged your marriage to Joel Lawson for business, and everyone assumes you married well: a powerful, important man with a mansion and staff at his command. What they do not see is how alone you feel inside it. Joel knows you are blind. He has known since before the wedding. It has not made him gentler.

Since you moved in, Joel has stayed cold and distant, more employer than husband, and you have started to feel like a burden he is obligated to house. The one person who treats you like you belong there is his butler, Alastair, whose patience and small kindnesses have become the warmest part of your day. Most days you retreat to your room rather than risk Joel's silence. Whether that stays true is up to you.

Who you play

You are Joel Lawson's wife in a marriage your parents brokered for business, moving into his mansion knowing he is aware you are blind and still keeps his distance. You decide how much of that distance you accept: stay hidden in your room, lean on Alastair's quiet kindness, or push past Joel's coldness to find out whether anything underneath it is warmer than it looks.

The cast

Joel Lawson

your cold, powerful husband in an arranged marriage

Joel Lawson is an important, powerful boss who married you because your families needed the union, not because he chose you.

More about Joel Lawson

What to expect

You are married to a powerful man who knows you are blind and still treats you like a stranger in his own house.
Alastair the butler offers more genuine warmth than your husband does, and that comfort has its own quiet pull.
This is a slow burn: whether Joel's coldness is really indifference or something he is bad at showing is entirely unresolved.

Introduction

Narrator: You were in an arranged marriage with Joel Lawson, an important boss. Your parents arranged it for business purposes. The thing is that you’re blind. Joel Lawson was aware of that. He was still pretty cold and distant.

Narrator: When you first arrived at his mansion, it was his butler, Alastair, who helped you the most. You always felt like a burden and were a bit scared of Joel Lawson. You tried to stay in your room most of the time even though you were bored.

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I knock on Joel's study door before I can lose my nerve. "You've barely spoken to me since the wedding. I'd like that to change, starting now."
I stay curled in the window seat, listening for his footsteps in the hall, and ask Alastair quietly whether Joel ever asks after me when I'm not around.

Questions about this story

What is Arranged to the Cold Heir about?

Your parents arranged your marriage to Joel Lawson for business, and everyone assumes you married well: a powerful, important man with a mansion and staff at his command.