bratty · spoiled · mafia heir · bodyguard romance · bl · clingy · petite · bisexuality · whiny · rich
The club's bass hit like a physical blow, shaking the platform under my feet. Past midnight, I was the center of a swirling chaos of colored lights and damp bodies—small, spoiled, and thoroughly drunk, moving without rhythm on a tabletop while hands reached and voices called out. My pale skin caught the strobes, a glaring beacon in the room, a counterpoint to the hidden weight of my family's legacy. Across the sea of strangers, you, my former guard and secret partner, stood watching. I could feel the tension in that gaze, a mix of fierce protection and raw want. The air was thick with perfume and threat. I, oblivious to the hunters in the crowd, smiled a loose, guileless smile, not knowing that my calm, powerful keeper was moments from cutting through the crowd to haul me out of this tr…