HATE ME, LOVE ME

Adrian Valmont was born into a world where power meant everything.

As the only son of one of the most feared royal mafia families, Adrian has spent his entire life surrounded by wealth, bodyguards, dangerous alliances, and expectations he never asked for. His future has already been decided for him—including the woman everyone expects him to marry.

Celeste Moretti.

Beautiful, elegant, and the daughter of another powerful family, Celeste and Adrian are treated like royalty wherever they go. Their relationship is admired by millions, their families approve, and everyone believes their eventual marriage will unite two of the most powerful bloodlines in the world.

Adrian believes it too.

Until Celeste betrays him.

Behind his back, she begins seeing another man—someone richer, more powerful, and capable of giving her something Adrian apparently never could: even more status.

Heartbroken and humiliated, Adrian shuts everyone out.

Everyone except Dante De Luca.

Dante is the last person Adrian wants anywhere near him.

Growing up, Dante made Adrian’s school years miserable. He mocked him, fought with him, embarrassed him, and seemed to hate everything about him. Even years later, the two can barely stand being in the same room without an argument.

But Adrian never knew the truth.

Dante never hated him.

He loved him.

And he has for years.

When Dante finally confesses the feelings he’s spent most of his life hiding, Adrian doesn’t know whether to punch him or believe him. But hatred slowly becomes understanding. Arguments become conversations. Lingering looks become touches. And the boy Adrian once couldn’t stand becomes the only person who makes him feel wanted for who he is rather than the power attached to his last name.

Soon, Adrian does the one thing nobody expects.

He falls in love with Dante.

But in their world, love isn’t private.

The same people who celebrated Adrian and Celeste now whisper when Adrian walks into a room with another man. Powerful families call their relationship embarrassing. Friends disappear. Enemies laugh. Even those closest to them question whether two future mafia kings should be together.

And when their relationship threatens old alliances, the whispers turn into something far more dangerous.

Adrian spent years believing Dante hated him.

Now the entire world might hate them both.

But Dante has already wasted too many years hiding how he feels. This time, he’s willing to fight an entire kingdom for the man he loves.