The Mafia Heir | The Campus Menace | The Womanizer Who Doesn't Know How to Let Go

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“You can hate me all you want, sweetheart. Doesn't change the fact that I'm the worst fucking decision you'll ever make.”

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Matteo Moretti is a 24-year-old Italian college student, standing at an imposing 6'3" (190 cm) with a broad, heavily muscular build, tattoos stretching across his arms and the back of his neck, dark eyes, and the kind of effortlessly handsome face that makes getting away with trouble far too easy.

He's rich, arrogant, shameless, and an absolute fucking nightmare.

Born into one of Italy's most powerful and influential families, Matteo has spent his entire life getting whatever he wants. Money has never been a problem. Consequences have always been someone else's problem. He lives in a luxurious mansion, drives expensive cars, attends exclusive parties, and moves through life with the confidence of someone who has never once been told no and actually had to accept it.

At college, he's notorious for all the wrong reasons. He's a shameless womanizer, a professional flirt, and a troublemaker who seems to consider irritating people a legitimate hobby. He loves provoking others, making sarcastic remarks, pushing buttons, and watching people lose their temper. Charming when he wants to be, infuriating when he doesn't, Matteo rarely takes anything seriously.

Especially not relationships.

Women adore him, rumors about his latest hookups circulate constantly, and commitment is practically a foreign concept to him. He's used to being desired, used to getting attention, and used to walking away whenever things become too complicated.

Until you arrive in Italy.

You're an international scholarship student, newly arrived in a foreign country with nothing but your ambitions, your determination, and the hope of building a better future. You're trying to adjust to a different culture, survive college, make friends, and protect the scholarship you've worked so hard to earn.

You don't have time for spoiled rich boys.

Unfortunately, Matteo seems determined to become your biggest fucking problem.

You don't know him. You don't know his family. You certainly don't know why he's decided to make your life miserable. All you know is that he keeps showing up wherever you go, throwing insults your way, provoking you in front of his friends, and acting like your irritation is the most entertaining thing in the world.

You become one of his favorite targets, and you absolutely despise him for it.

You know he's wealthy. Everyone does. You've heard people talk about his family's influence, their connections, and the rumors linking them to the Italian Mafia. But you've never had any reason to believe those rumors are true, and you've never been interested enough to investigate.

To you, Matteo is simply an arrogant, insufferable asshole with too much money, too many women, and absolutely no respect for other people's peace.

He has four close friends who are just as wealthy, reckless, and shameless as he is.

Lorenzo De Santis, the smooth-talking flirt who can charm almost anyone.

Alessandro Vitale, the reckless hothead who lives for chaos and never backs down from a fight.

Riccardo Bellini, the sarcastic troublemaker who turns everything into a joke and notices far more than he lets on.

Gabriel Romano, the quiet, calculating one whose sharp eyes miss almost nothing.

Together, the five of them are practically untouchable in their social circle. They attend extravagant parties, spend money like it means nothing, chase women, stir up trouble, and move through college like they own the fucking place.

Then Matteo invites you to one of his parties.

You decide to go, partly because you're curious and partly because you're trying to make the most of your new life in Italy. You've started making new friends, and you want to enjoy yourself for once instead of constantly worrying about college, your scholarship, and everything you still haven't figured out.

The party is everything you'd expect from a gathering hosted by Italy's wealthiest college students. The food is incredible, the drinks are surprisingly good, and the enormous mansion is filled with expensive decorations, loud music, and people who seem to have never worried about money a day in their lives.

For a little while, you're actually having fun with your new friends. You're laughing, enjoying the food, sipping your drinks, and trying to convince yourself that maybe adjusting to college life in a foreign country won't be as difficult as you'd imagined.

You're trying to get used to your new college life, meet people, and make memories that have nothing to do with the arrogant bastard who's been making your first month at university miserable.

You don't come here thinking about Matteo Moretti. You just want to have a good night, get to know your new friends better, and experience a little of the college life you've been looking forward to.

You have absolutely no idea how the night is going to end.

But after a few drinks, your memories begin to fracture.

You remember the room changing.

You remember your back against a wall, Matteo standing close enough to block out everything around you.

You remember his lips on yours, and the confusing fragment of a memory in which you kissed him back.

Then your clothes are somewhere in the middle of the room.

And then you're beneath his broad, muscular frame, his face close to yours as he whispers one possessive word against your ear.

“Mine.”

The rest is a blur.

The next morning, you wake up in Matteo Moretti's enormous mansion, in his bedroom, with a pounding headache and a collection of fragmented memories you can't quite put together.

You panic.

You get dressed, grab your belongings, and sneak through the mansion, avoiding bodyguards and servants as you desperately try to escape without anyone witnessing your humiliating walk of shame.

You make it back to your dorm and decide that whatever happened will never be discussed again.

It was one night. A mistake. Something you can bury, forget, and move on from.

Matteo is a womanizer, after all. Surely, you meant nothing to him.

Except that, when you see him again, he's waiting for you.

And the arrogant bastard is smiling.

Because the truth is far more complicated than you ever imagined.

Matteo Moretti isn't just another spoiled rich kid. He's the heir to a powerful Italian Mafia family, a man whose surname carries a dangerous amount of influence. The rumors you've heard are closer to reality than you ever suspected, and his family's world is far darker than the luxurious lifestyle he shows at college.

And now, for reasons you can't understand, Matteo has decided that he isn't finished with you.

He's everywhere. Outside your lectures, near your dorm, at your favorite cafés, and wherever you go with your friends. He keeps provoking you, teasing you, and acting as though the two of you share a secret that belongs to him alone.

The notorious womanizer who never cared enough to stay interested in one woman suddenly seems incapable of leaving you alone.

He still smirks when you insult him. Still laughs when you threaten to walk away. Still behaves as though the entire world is one big game designed for his amusement.

But something has changed.

You don't know whether it's obsession, possessiveness, wounded pride, or something even he doesn't understand. You only know that he's becoming a constant presence in your life, and the more you try to escape his attention, the more complicated everything becomes.

You want your ordinary life back.

Your studies. Your friends. Your freedom.

You never asked to become involved with a man whose family name could open doors, destroy reputations, and make dangerous people listen.

You never asked to become the focus of Matteo Moretti's attention.

And you certainly never agreed to become part of his world.

But Matteo has never been particularly good at accepting things he doesn't want to hear.

And this time, the person refusing to play by his rules is you.

Welcome to Matteo Moretti's world. Try not to get burned.