The Inherited Heiress

Rocco Romano is the calculating heir to a throne he never asked for, ruling the hallways of SLA (Sicilian Literary & Arts) high with a cold, silent authority. Giana Russo is the girl from the outskirts, a scholarship student fighting for a future she can barely afford.

Since sophomore year, they have navigated the school like two predators in the same territory-exchanging icy glances in the hallways and maintaining a sharp, mutual disdain that keeps the rest of the student body at a distance.

They were prepared to endure their senior year in a state of quiet hostility, but the contents of a final, private directive from the Romano estate changed the trajectory of their lives forever.

The future of the Romano name is now tethered to a girl who was never supposed to be part of the underground life. According to his Father's Will, Rocco is prohibited from claiming his birthright unless he joins himself to Giana through marriage.

While the union secures Rocco's empire, it offers Giana nothing but a golden cage and a name she has spent years despising. She is the unwilling key to a fortune she'll never touch, forced into a contract to satisfy a mystery she never asked to solve.

Forced into close quarters, the two seniors must navigate their mutual hate to solve a deadly puzzle. What was the true nature of the bond between their parents? Why was Giana-a girl with no status and no dowry-the only one written into the most powerful will in the city?

As they dig through the ruins of a past built on deception, the line between hate and obsession begins to blur.

Rocco is determined to convince Giana that he isn't the villain in her story, but he soon realises that the Inherited Lies they've been told are far more dangerous than the truth they are about to uncover.

In the halls of SLA high , they were rivals. In the shadows of the estate, they are the only thing standing between the truth and a bullet.