The Enemy’s Playbook
“Say it,” Matteo murmured.
“Say what?”
“That you hate me.”
Ezra swallowed. “I don’t know how.”
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Matteo Antonov built an empire on grief. The last word his dying father spoke became the target of his fury.
Years later, that name belongs to Ezra Roman, a gifted athlete whose future is bright until Matteo buys his team and dismantles his life piece by piece.
Ezra doesn’t know what he’s done to deserve this. All he knows is that the man ruining him watches with an intensity that feels like hunger.
Forced into Matteo’s world, Ezra learns that cruelty and protection can wear the same face. Their battles turn intimate, their silences thrum with something neither of them will name.
As secrets unravel, Matteo uncovers a truth that shatters his vengeance, Ezra was never guilty. The real enemy has been hiding in his own bloodline.
By the time Matteo is ready to choose love over revenge, the price may be Ezra’s freedom… or his life.