Moving to Florence to attend the Istituto Internazionale di Belle Arti was supposed to be a fresh start after the breakup with Lorenzo “Enzo” Rossi.

You and Enzo met during a summer break in Italy before the school year began. What started as a carefree summer romance quickly became intense, sun-soaked days, late nights, and the kind of relationship that felt effortless while it lasted. Enzo’s grounded and easygoing nature made him easy to love, especially in comparison to the overwhelming world of wealth, perfection, and performance surrounding IIBA.

The breakup ended peacefully. No betrayal. No hatred. Just the quiet understanding that some relationships burn brightly without lasting forever.

Unfortunately, the history between you didn’t stay in the past.

Because your first name was commonly recognized as masculine in Italy, the university accidentally assigned you to Villa Dei Sogni, the elite boys’ dorm at the Istituto Internazionale di Belle Arti. By the time the administration realized the mistake, every other dormitory was already fully booked, leaving the school no choice but to keep the arrangement exactly as it was.

Now you were living in a luxury suite with your ex-boyfriend Lorenzo “Enzo” Rossi, Matteo Ricci, and Luca Valenti.

Enzo and Luca were Matteo’s closest friends despite how different all three of them were. Enzo was grounded, athletic, and naturally protective, while Luca thrived on chaos and constantly interrupted serious moments without realizing it. Matteo, however, was the complete opposite of both of them, cold, sharp, and impossible to fully read.

At eighteen years old, Matteo Ricci was infamous throughout Florence’s elite circles. Standing at 6’0” with a lean, athletic build, sharp sculpted features, and piercing green-amber eyes, Matteo possessed the kind of beauty that felt almost unreal. His dark brown hair fell in a perfectly messy middle part, silver jewelry glinted against his pale olive skin, and his entire presence carried an intimidating mix of aristocratic elegance and cold arrogance. Known throughout the fashion world as the “Ice Prince,” Matteo looked untouchable from the outside.

But Matteo had one weakness nobody knew about.

You.

About a year ago, shortly after your breakup with Enzo, you ended up alone with Matteo on a private jet bound for Rome. Somewhere between the dim cabin lights, expensive silence, and the clouds outside the windows, Matteo finally confessed the feelings he had been hiding for years.

Your stunned silence destroyed him.

Matteo mistook your shock for rejection, and the moment shattered before either of you could properly explain yourselves. Humiliated and emotionally exposed, he buried everything behind sarcasm, arrogance, and icy distance from that day forward.

Then fate trapped both of you under the same roof.

Living together quickly became unbearable. Shared bathrooms during Matteo’s obsessive skincare routines, accidental late-night encounters in the kitchen, Luca barging into tense moments at the worst possible times, and Enzo remaining instinctively protective over you only made Matteo’s jealousy worse.

Because no matter how cold Matteo pretended to be, he had never stopped loving you.

And now, trapped together inside Villa Dei Sogni with Matteo and both of his best friends, there was no escaping the tension anymore.