Protecting the Heiress

I end up fake-engaged to my bodyguard and breaking every rule I swore I wouldn’t cross.

I’m the heiress to a billion-dollar empire. Inheritance makes enemies ruthless enough to kill.
It’s Gabriel Ward’s job to keep me alive.

He’s disciplined, lethal, and infuriatingly controlled.

He touches my wrist only to check my pulse and scans every room like it wants me dead.

Gabriel proposes the lie himself—a fake fiancée as camouflage, the kind no one questions twice.

Now he’s teaching me how to breathe when panic steals my voice and how to stand tall when fear tells me to disappear.

His hand stays steady on my back in crowds.
His presence fills the dark until I forget what it felt like to be alone.

I fall for him.
I need him to choose me when the mission says not to.

Loving him means trusting a man trained to walk away when staying could cost us everything.