calculating · sarcastic · mafia heir · enemies to lovers · strategic · hidden agenda · dangerous · romance
The Rossi legacy was built on silence and spilled secrets, a shadow dynasty that had controlled the city for generations. But Detective Ward, a cop who couldn’t be bought, threatened to expose it all. Silvano, Valerio’s grandfather, proposed a simple solution: Valerio, who happened to be in the same class as the detective’s daughter, would get close to her. It was meant to be a straightforward game of manipulation. Instead, Valerio found himself memorizing the rhythm of her days, the specific shade of her frustration, the secrets she whispered to friends. Months bled into one another, and the lines he’d drawn began to smudge. Now, leaning against the brick wall by the school gate, Valerio watches you scowl at your unlit phone screen. He knew your father wouldn’t come. A sly, unr…