After unknowingly saving a mafia boss from a botched bank robbery, Kiara accepts an offer to work for him as a translator, not realizing love may become part of the package. ***** Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family. Cold, ruthless, and sinfully beautiful, Milo is hard to resist but even harder to love. As tensions rise and secrets are spilled, Milo and Kiara are both forced to question everything they thought they knew. Does love outweigh loyalty? And if so, is it worth dying for? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes and violence

𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒. Southview School: the elite boarding school for the troubled children of politicians, business moguls, and the privileged. "Gather the troubled kids," they said. "Throw them into a school to become better people," they said. What they didn't realise was that putting shattered souls and broken lives together only makes things worse. From petty fights with parents to stealing credit cards for shopping sprees or even sleeping with your father's girlfriend and ending up in the tabloids-Southview is where they send the worst of the worst. Athalia Santiago thought she hit rock bottom after Kai Valdez, the boy who partly ruined her life, made her an outcast. She thought things couldn't get worse after beating her alcohol addiction. But Southview has a way of proving people wrong. Now, after three long years, Kai Valdez decides to start talking to her again. What could go wrong? Well, a whole lot of shit. WRITTEN IN BRITISH ENGLISH! ✶tropes ' second chance ' rich kids ' forbidden love ' 'it's happening again' ' found family ' boarding school (sneaking around to see people!!) ✶trigger warning ' talks of addictions and relapses ' age gaps ' usage of drugs ' sh/suicide attemps + many similar things Started: 20/06/22