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Sophia thought she had escaped her reckless past. Leaving behind wild nights and meaningless hookups, she was finally focused on her studies, determined to build a future for herself. But no matter how much she tried to move forward, she couldn’t shake the unsettling feeling that someone was always watching.

Matteo had been watching Sophia for months. The heir to a powerful mafia empire, he was used to taking what he wanted, and what he wanted was her. She had been a fleeting temptation, a girl who once lived freely, but she had no idea that her past had tied her to him in ways she couldn’t even begin to understand.

When strange things start happening—her door left unlocked, gifts in her room that were never there, shadows lurking where there shouldn’t be—Sophia’s fear grows. But when Matteo finally steps out of the shadows and into her life, the fear turns into something far more dangerous: fascination.

He’s dark, possessive, and utterly obsessed. He claims she belongs to him. And worst of all? A part of her doesn’t want to run.

As Sophia fights the undeniable pull between them, secrets begin to unravel. The more she learns about Matteo’s world, the more she realizes she might not be as innocent as she thought. And when the line between love and obsession blurs, she’s faced with a terrifying question—has she fallen for the monster in the dark, or was she always meant to be his?

In a world of crime, power, and dangerous devotion, can love truly conquer all? Or will Sophia lose herself to the man who has been watching her from the very beginning?

HUNTED BY DESIRE

I sat at my study table, staring at my open textbook, trying so hard to focus. 


The words blurred together, my mind refusing to retain anything. Every time I tried to push past the fog and concentrate, his voice echoed in my head. 


“You’ve got 48 hours to move back to your house.” 


My fingers curled into fists as I swallowed the lump in my throat. 


That name had been carved into my brain like a brand I could never erase. 


I hated how it kept replaying, how I could still feel his presence even when he wasn’t here. His touch, his threats, his suffocating control over my life. 


I shook my head, frustrated and exhausted. 


With a sharp exhale, I slammed my laptop shut. There was no point in forcing myself to study when my mind was elsewhere. 


I grabbed my phone, hesitating for a second before opening the browser. 


CHAPTER 24