"Enzo, I hate you." "No, you don't." "I hate you. I hate you," I repeated, trying to sound convincing. A quiet chuckle left his lips. "No, you don't." Before I could move, he lifted me effortlessly, like I weighed nothing, and pressed a soft kiss to my forehead. "Put me down!" "No, tesoro..." he murmured, a smirk playing on his lips. "You're doing this on purpose," I said, glaring at him. ────୨ৎ──── 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐨 grew up knowing one truth: she was never wanted. Not by the family who blamed her for everything. Not by the world she was born into. And definitely not by the boy who once sat beside her when she had no one else. 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢 was never supposed to become a stranger. Cold. Untouchable. Cruel in ways that felt personal. Now, their families have decided to tie them together with a marriage neither of them asked for. A union built on power, not love. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 knows how it will end: With silence. With resentment. With two people pretending they don't remember what they used to be. But the mafia doesn't care about feelings. And neither does a man raised to rule it. Now she's trapped. In his house. Under his name. And the worst part? He looks at her like he still knows her. © 2026 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙.

𝐀 𝐍 𝐈 𝐆 𝐄 𝐑 𝐈 𝐀𝐍 𝐓 𝐄 𝐄 𝐍 𝐅 𝐈 𝐂 𝐓 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 Whitestone Academy isn't just a school, it's a world made of perfection, money, and secrets whispered behind designer smiles. 𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐍 was born to shine in it. Every step she takes is grace; every glance, power. But perfection is her armor, a mask hiding fractures too deep to heal. She's the girl everyone wants to be, yet no one truly knows. 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 has never needed to try. The golden boy. The steady one. The kind of light people gather around just to feel warm. But when his world collides with hers, admiration turns into something dangerous, curiosity, tenderness, maybe even love. He doesn't want to fix her. He just wants to understand her. But in a place where vulnerability is a weakness and emotions are currency, falling for her might cost him everything. Because loving Elowen means stepping into her quiet chaos, into the spaces between her silence and her breaking. And in the end. 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝. If you reach here, God bless you.Now please read, vote and comment abeg before I faint dramatically.

𝐎𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝙃𝙞𝙞 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚<3 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘, 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮? 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄'𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚💌. 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪<33