Kylie and Clinton's Montemayor daughter's story.

Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.

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)

Dr. Dayanara Larralde only wants to begin a new life in the Philippines and reconnect with her daughter. Nowhere in her itinerary is there any plan to encounter the dangerous Pakhan, Isaak Zimnyakov. *** After years trapped in a failing marriage scarred by Carson's gambling and neglect, Dr. Dayanara Larralde finally signs the papers for a painful divorce. Seeking refuge, she moves to the Philippines to rebuild her life as a professor and mend her fractured bond with her daughter, Crishen. But her fresh start collides with danger when she disciplines Matveyo, the nephew of Isaak Zimnyakov-the ruthless Russian Pakhan of a powerful crime family. What begins as a hostile confrontation turns into a series of unexpected encounters. Against her better judgment, Dayanara finds herself drawn to Isaak, their hatred igniting a chemistry too intense to resist. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano