Beneath Our Ruins
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At Crestwood University, power isn't earned, it's inherited.
And Aurora Romano wants nothing to do with it.
Daughter of a reformed mafia heir, she came to study physics, stay invisible, and outrun her past. But one collision with Elias Anderson, Crestwood's golden boy and the son of her father's oldest rival, changes everything.
He's arrogant, charming, and impossible to ignore.
She's brilliant, guarded, and never backs down.
What starts as hatred turns into tension that neither of them can control. Between stolen glances, bruised pride, and buried family secrets, lines begin to blur, and falling for him might be the one mistake Aurora can't afford to make.
🔥Enemies to lovers.
🔥College Romance
🔥Mafia heirs.
🔥Dark pasts.
🔥Forbidden chemistry.
Welcome to Crestwood: where love feels like war, and every heart hides a weapon.
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