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)

𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ❛ SHE LIT UP HIS COLD, EMPTY LIFE ❜ ━ 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮.❜ 18+| contains mature and triggering content. ©𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑_𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐅𝐒