Wicked Game

“Every time I look into her eyes, I see the man I want to be—and the monster I am.” – Massimo Vitale

I was supposed to use her. I never meant to love her.

My name is Massimo Vitale. In my world, loyalty is everything, and mercy is weakness. I was raised to obey, to protect my family’s legacy at any cost—even if it meant turning an innocent woman into a pawn. When my brothers ordered me to seduce her, use her, and then walk away, I told myself she was just a means to an end. She was an innocent caught in a game she could never understand, and I convinced myself it was just business, nothing more.

But the more I watched her fight for her dreams, the more I saw the fire beneath her gentle surface. I tried to keep my distance, to bury the guilt and the growing need to protect her. Yet every lie I told, every secret I kept, drove a wedge not just between us, but deep within myself. I attempted to bury my guilt, to believe I was only following orders. Still, each deception and secret tore me apart, splitting me between duty and the feelings I couldn’t deny.

When enemies close in and my family’s survival is on the line, I’m forced to choose—betray the woman who made me feel alive, or risk everything for a love I was never meant to have.

They tore my life apart. I refuse to let them break me.

I arrived in Chicago determined to carve out a new life for myself—a life dedicated to medicine and healing, far removed from the turmoil and lawlessness that defined my biker family. My dream was simple—to become a doctor and build a future that was truly my own, away from the chaos I was raised in. Yet, Chicago had its own plans for me. In one devastating night, everything I’d worked for was stripped away. My freedom vanished, my career slipped through my fingers, and my dreams shattered, all because I became ensnared in a web of deceit spun by someone I thought I could rely on. Massimo Vitale was meant to stand as my shield, but he became both my captor and my betrayer. Despite everything, he was also the only person who ever made me feel truly seen.

Now, I find myself trapped in a conflict that is far beyond my understanding, standing helplessly between rival families. Hunted for secrets I was never aware of, I am forced to make an impossible choice—between the love that destroyed me and the future I fought so fiercely to attain. Every day has become a fight: a struggle to survive, to uncover the truth, and to assert my right to shape my own destiny.