Protect her. Obey her father. Never fall for her.
Those were the only three rules Theo was given when he accepted his assignment as the president’s daughter’s personal bodyguard.

Danielle Geiger was supposed to be another mission to him, just a spoiled heiress hidden behind privilege and secrets. But the moment he saw the loneliness behind her toughness, everything he’d been trained to control began to break.

And then, Theo broke all three rules.

Every order he followed led him back to her.
Every touch he denied burned a little deeper.

And when the line between duty and desire finally snapped, there was no turning back.

Because Theo could guard her body, fight her enemies, and take every bullet meant for her,
but the one thing he could never protect her from… was himself.

He guarded her body.
But she was the one who held his heart hostage.

Now, love isn’t the risk.
It’s the weapon that could ruin them both.

It slipped out of her like a confession she could no longer lock inside, and for a moment Theo simply froze above her, staring at her as if she had just cracked open the entire world.


The moment that followed was full of heat and trembling emotion. 


Theo pressed his face into the crook of her neck, breathing her in. 


Whatever intensity had been burning in him flared bright and fierce and ended fast, like something too powerful to control. 


He hid his face for a second, grounding himself with her scent and her warmth.


Then, without a word, Theo kissed her forehead with a tenderness she had never felt from him before. 


A slow breath left him, and he carefully pulled away, not letting the moment stretch into awkwardness.


"Do not move," he muttered like an order.


Danielle blinked up at him, her cheeks felt too warm, her body was still shaking from him beinh inside rather than anything else. 


Chapter 113 - Bloodline Sucks