The Heiress

Some walls protect. Others imprison.Lucia Duarte-Silveira has mastered the art of distance. As the sole heiress to a legendary jewelry empire, she understands that wealth is both a privilege and a liability. She navigates the world with calculated precision, ensuring no one ever gets close enough to uncover what lies beneath her composed exterior. But when an invisible threat encroaches on her carefully controlled life, she is forced to tolerate an unwelcome intrusion—her new bodyguard.

Mateo Cafaro is not a man accustomed to idleness. A former boxer with a keen instinct for danger, he thrives in the tangible, in battles fought with fists and strategy. Protecting Lucia should be straightforward, but she is anything but. Detached, impenetrable, and endlessly exasperating, she meets his presence with resistance at every turn. Yet beneath the glacial poise, he senses something fractured—something she refuses to acknowledge.

As tensions sharpen and boundaries blur, Mateo finds himself drawn into more than just her protection. The danger stalking Lucia is real, but so is the weight of the past she keeps buried. And the closer he gets, the more he realizes she may not only be guarding herself from the world—she may be guarding the world from her.