Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

❝𝐵𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑆 𝐻𝐴𝑃𝑃𝐸𝑁 𝑈𝑁𝐸𝑋𝑃𝐸𝐶𝑇𝐸𝐷.❞ 𝑨 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒚𝒏𝒏 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔. ❁» 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍. ❁» 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. ❁» 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍. ©𝘴𝘵𝘹𝘳-𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘥𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯2023