Milan didn’t whisper.

It announced itself.

Luxury cars slid across polished streets like they owned the night. Designer stores glowed under golden lights. Laughter spilled out of rooftop parties where champagne flowed like water and reputations were built just as fast as they were destroyed.

At the center of it all stood Vittorio Emanuele Elite Institute, a university that didn’t just produce graduates.

It produced power.

If you studied here, you weren’t ordinary.

You were legacy.

Money.

Influence.

Or all three.

Alessia Moretti didn’t belong here.

And she knew it.

She adjusted the strap of her worn-out bag as she stepped through the massive iron gates, her eyes instinctively lowering as a sleek black Maserati sped past her.

No one walked here.

They arrived.

She exhaled slowly, steadying herself.

“Just focus,” she murmured.

Scholarship students didn’t get second chances

Across campus, attention gathered like gravity.

Because he had arrived.

“Lorenzo!”

“Over here!”

“Look at me!”

Girls leaned over balconies, phones already out, voices layered with excitement.

Lorenzo De Santis didn’t rush.

He never did.

Dressed in effortless luxury white shirt slightly unbuttoned, sleeves rolled, confidence stitched into every step he walked like the world adjusted itself around him.

Football captain. Heir to a business empire.

Untouchable.

He glanced up just once, offering a lazy half-smile.

That was enough.

Screams.

Laughter.

Chaos.

Lorenzo smirked faintly.

Same reaction.

Every time.

Boring.

Stupid bitches.

“Try not to break too many hearts today.”

The voice came from beside him.

Marco Leone, leaning casually against a pillar, sunglasses hiding his amusement.

Lorenzo didn’t even look at him.

“No promises.”

Marco chuckled. “One day, someone’s gonna mess you up.”

“Doubt it.”

Arrogance?

No.

Certainty.

Meanwhile

From the far edge of the courtyard

Alessia watched.

Not openly.

Never openly.

Her gaze flickered up, then down, then back again stealing moments like they were something forbidden.

There he was.

Closer than ever before.

Real.

Not just someone she saw from a distance.

Her fingers tightened around her notebook.

Don’t stare.

She looked away quickly.

Then, slowly…

Looked back again.

“You’re doing it again.”

The voice was quiet. Flat.

Right beside her.

Alessia startled, nearly dropping her notebook.

“W-what?”

Adriano Bianchi didn’t move much.

He stood slightly behind her, hands in his pockets, posture relaxed but his eyes…

His eyes noticed everything.

“You’re staring,” he said simply.

“I’m not,” she replied too quickly.

Adriano tilted his head, studying her like a pattern he’d already solved.

“You’ve looked at him six times in the last thirty seconds.”

Her cheeks burned. “Why are you counting?!”

“Because you’re predictable.”

There was no mockery in his tone.

Just truth.

And that somehow made it worse.

Alessia looked away, forcing a small frown.

“You’re weird.”

Adriano didn’t react.

His gaze shifted past her.

To Lorenzo.

Then back to her.

“She doesn’t belong here.”

The thought crossed his mind, silent but sharp.

And yet—

She was the only thing worth noticing.

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Adriano’s gaze lingered a second longer than necessary.

Then he looked away first.

Not because he wanted to

But because she did.

Alessia shifted uncomfortably, adjusting her grip on the notebook. “I should go,” she muttered, more to herself than to him.

Adriano didn’t stop her.

He never did.

He just watched.

As she walked away.

As her pace quickened the moment she got closer to the main courtyard

Closer to him.

His jaw tightened slightly.

Predictable.

The noise hit her before she even saw the crowd.

Laughter. Shouting. Excitement.

And at the center of it

Lorenzo De Santis.

Of course.

Alessia slowed down instinctively, her steps losing confidence as she blended into the background. Girls surrounded him, voices overlapping, hands reaching, attention desperate.

And Lorenzo?

He looked bored.

Completely.

Utterly.

Uninterested

“Lorenzo, are you coming tonight?”

“You promised last time!”

“Just one picture, please!”

He barely glanced at them.

“Not interested.”

The words were casual. Dismissive.

Like they didn’t matter.

Because they didn’t.

Alessia’s fingers curled slightly around her notebook.

Why do they still chase him?

Then again

Why did she?

“Move.”

The voice wasn’t loud.

But it cut through everything.

The crowd shifted instantly.

And before Alessia could react

He was right there.

Closer than she expected.

Too close.

Her breath caught.

Lorenzo’s eyes dropped to the notebook in her hand.

Then slowly

Back to her face.

Recognition flickered.

And then

A smirk.

“Well,” he said lazily, “this is interesting.”

Her heart started racing again.

“I—”

“You’re in my class, right?” he cut in, tilting his head slightly.

Alessia nodded quickly. “Y-yes.”

He hummed, pretending to think.

“Quiet. Always sitting in the back.”

Her stomach dropped.

He noticed?

“Didn’t think you had a voice,” he added, almost amused.

Heat rushed to her cheeks.

“I do.”

“Yeah?” His eyebrow lifted slightly. “Prove it.”

She froze.

Words—gone.

Confidence—nonexistent.

Lorenzo chuckled softly, shaking his head.

“Thought so.”

“Lorenzo.”

A sharp voice interrupted.

Both of them turned.

Marco.

“Coach is looking for you.”

Lorenzo sighed lightly, running a hand through his hair. “Of course he is.”

He glanced back at Alessia.

Just for a second.

But it felt longer.

“Don’t disappear,” he said, almost casually.

“Wouldn’t want to lose my…” he paused, eyes flicking to her notebook again.

“…academic lifeline.”

And just like that—

He walked away.

Like the moment didn’t matter.

Like she didn’t.

But Alessia stood there.

Frozen.

Heart still racing.

Mind replaying every word.

He noticed me.

That was enough.

More than enough.

From a distance

Adriano watched.

His expression unreadable.

But his focus?

Sharp.

Unwavering.

“She’s smiling again,” he murmured under his breath.

There it was.

That same expression.

Soft.

Unaware.

Unprotected.

And it wasn’t because of him.

His fingers curled slowly into a fist.

Not tight enough to hurt.

Just enough to feel.

Back in the hallway, Alessia finally moved, her steps slower now.

Careful.

Like she was carrying something fragile.

Something dangerous.

She didn’t notice the figure stepping into her path until it was too late.

“You dropped this.”

Adriano held out a pen.

Her pen.

She blinked. “Oh-I didn’t even realize…”

“I know.”

His tone was calm.

Too calm.

Their fingers brushed for a second as she took it.

And for a brief moment-

She looked at him.

Properly.

“Thank you,” she said softly.

Adriano nodded once.

Nothing more.

But his eyes didn’t leave her.

Not even when she walked away again.

Later that night

In a room filled with screens

Adriano sat in silence.

One screen.

One focus.

Alessia.

Walking into her house.

Closing the door.

Safe.

For now.

His hand rested near the keyboard.

Still.

Patient.

Calculated.

“She thinks today was important,” he said quietly.

A pause.

His gaze darkened slightly.

“But she doesn’t know…”

His lips curved just barely.

“…it was just the beginning.”

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Music pulsed through the night like a heartbeat.

Laughter. Glass clinking. Dim golden lights reflecting off expensive interiors.

If Milan had a rhythm

This was it.

And at the center of the chaos

Lorenzo De Santis.

A girl pressed closer to him, her hand sliding up his arm, nails grazing lightly. She leaned in, whispering something against his ear, her lips just brushing his skin.

Lorenzo didn’t move away.

Didn’t rush either.

He let it happen.

Because that’s what he always did

Let people come to him.

“You’re distracted tonight,” she murmured, her voice low, teasing.

He smirked faintly. “Am I?”

Her fingers trailed lower, bold now, testing boundaries.

“You tell me.”

Lorenzo’s hand caught her wrist mid-motion.

Not harsh.

Not gentle, either.

Just enough to stop her.

For a second, she looked surprised.

Then intrigued.

He leaned closer, his voice dropping—dangerously calm.

“You’re trying too hard.”

A pause.

Then his grip loosened, but his hand didn’t move away completely.

It slid—slow, deliberate—guiding, controlling the moment rather than reacting to it.

He started untied her lace top and started feeling her back.

He knew what he was doing , making her desperate for those touch that's what he does every time

"You're too hard to get," she said.

"Now it's up to you how hard you make me are you worthy enough to get fucked by me."

She unzipped his pants and started scorching his dick.

Leaving him to make aroused sound.

"Am I still worthy enough or not?"she asked.

Hearing this, he started controlling her by touching her two perk b**bs they were perfectly shaped a guy would ever think of.

He then slides his thick, long co*k in her wet pu**y, making her surrender for this.

"I told you to be careful now I'll fu*k you so hard that you'll beg for this every day."

Her breath hitched slightly.

That’s what made Lorenzo dangerous.

Not what he did—

But how easily he stayed in control while doing it.

No rush. No desperation.

Just choice.

Miles away—

Silence.

Darkness.

Screens glowing faintly.

Adriano sat still.

Watching.

Not the party.

Not Lorenzo.

Not the girl.

But something else entirely.

A different screen.

A quieter one.

Alessia.

Sitting at her desk.

Books open. Pen in hand. Completely unaware.

Safe.

Alone.

His gaze softened—

Just slightly.

“She studies even at this hour,” he murmured.

A small detail.

But he noticed everything.

He leaned forward, adjusting the screen, zooming in just enough.

Not intrusive.

Precise.

Calculated.

His fingers hovered over the keyboard again.

Not typing.

Just… waiting.

Observing patterns.

Habits.

Timing.

“She doesn’t lock the window properly,” he noted quietly.

A pause.

Then—

A faint smile.

Not warm.

Not kind.

Controlled.

Back at the party

Lorenzo stepped away first.

Like he always did.

The girl frowned slightly. “Leaving already?”

“Got bored.”

Simple.

Blunt.

He grabbed his jacket, not bothering to look back.

Because he knew

She’d still be thinking about him.

They always did.

Outside, the cool Milan air hit differently.

Quieter.

Real.

Lorenzo exhaled slowly, running a hand through his hair.

For a moment—

No noise.

No attention.

Just him.

And then—

That thought again.

Alessia.

The way she froze.

The way she tried to speak.

The way she looked at him

Like he mattered.

His jaw tightened slightly.

“Annoying,” he muttered.

But he didn’t sound convinced.

Back in the dim room

Adriano finally leaned back.

Decision made.

“She’s alone,” he said softly.

A beat.

His eyes didn’t blink.

“Good.”