“It’s a bonus when my deadly venom can pull off a thousand-dollar dress and heels,” he smirked, his feather light touch causing my skin to erupt in goosebumps.“I am not your anything.”“Lily,” he muttered, a deep chuckle rumbling through him and in turn rippling across to me where our bodies touched. “My fragile little flower.”“A bomb is fragile too, you know,” I shot back at him.“Mine.”“I am not—”His hand softly caressed my lips, his eyes mirroring the hunger I felt in the deepest part of me.“Not my anything. I know. At least not yet. Let’s see how long you last until you’re moaning my name as I make you ache in places you didn’t know existed.”“Kieran.”“Not yet, my deadly venom. We have all the time in the world.”-----------Lily Payne transitioned from innocent fragility to becoming one of the top security agents in her academy, following a hurtful breakup from her college sweetheart who called her weak and a burden. However, all the hard work and sacrifices she made for her training seemed to be wasting away as gigs become scarcer and competition for jobs increased drastically, coupled with the challenge of being a female in her line of work.Her life takes a turn when fate makes her path cross with her ex who had risen in ranks to become the leader of one of the most feared American-Italian mafia, Il Cerchio. She applies for a job as a bodyguard, unknown to her that her soon to be employer was the same man who called her pathetic and weak.Kieran “The terror” Gigante had only one regret in life- letting his beloved Lily go and now that the universe has been kind enough to give them a second chance, he’ll do everything to make it up to her and protect his family.Will they be able to fight for their love the second time around when everything hangs in the balance and family, love and betrayal collides?