Something Real

Luca Bataglia was never supposed to matter. Not to Samorena Maduo. Not when she had spent her entire life choosing ambition over distraction, discipline over chaos, and certainty over heartbreak. But Luca is impossible to ignore. One of the world’s most celebrated footballers, he lives beneath stadium lights, global headlines, and relentless public scrutiny. Beautiful, charismatic, and emotionally unavailable in all the ways that matter most. What begins as an unexpected connection quickly becomes something deeper. Something neither of them is prepared for. Until timing, ambition, distance, and the weight of their separate worlds force Samorena to walk away before love destroys everything she worked to build. A year later, Luca is finally ready to choose her. The problem? It might already be too late. Something Real is an emotional contemporary romance about ambition, heartbreak, second chances, and the kind of love that refuses to stay forgotten.