Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Revenge Has a Name: Matteo

Matteo’s dark, lethal eyes locked onto Kelly, a slow, merciless smirk playing on his lips.

"Hi, Kelly," Matteo said, his voice smooth, quiet, and absolutely deadly. "Your invitation to see me has finally been accepted." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Kelly stumbled backward, absolute panic seizing him instantly. All the bold confidence he had displayed just seconds ago vanished, leaving his face completely pale. Before he could even form a single word or attempt to explain himself, Matteo took one step forward.

With lightning-fast speed, Matteo’s hand shot out, clamping brutally around Kelly’s neck.

He lifted Kelly slightly, cutting off his airway. Kelly choked, his hands instantly flying up to claw desperately at Matteo’s iron grip. "Please..." he wheezed out, his eyes wide with frantic panic.

"I warned you, didn’t I?" Matteo whispered, his voice dangerously low, his fingers tightening just enough to make Kelly’s vision blur.

"Please... Matteo..." Kelly choked, tears of fear springing to his eyes.

With a look of utter disgust, Matteo shoved him away. Kelly flew backward, landing heavily on the hardwood floor, gasping and clutching his bruised throat.

Without giving the pathetic man another glance, Matteo immediately walked toward Adrian. The terrifying, murderous aura he possessed a second ago dissolved, replaced by visible panic as his eyes scanned Adrian from head to toe. He reached out, his hands trembling slightly as he went to check Adrian’s body for any signs of harm.

"Baby," Adrian murmured. "Stop."

Matteo stopped his hands instantly, his eyes meeting Adrian’s. Adrian stared at him for a quiet moment, processing everything that had just been said in that room before Matteo arrived. Then, letting out a soft breath, Adrian spoke. "I’m fine."

Relief instantly washed over Matteo’s face. He leaned down and kissed Adrian at once, a deep, possessive kiss, as if grounding himself in the fact that Adrian was safe.

When they finally pulled apart, Matteo pulled him into his arms, holding him tightly and burying Adrian against his chest.

"He didn’t touch you or hurt you, right?" Matteo murmured into his hair.

Nestled securely against Matteo’s chest, Adrian nodded. "No, baby. I’m fine."

They held each other tightly in the center of the room, while Kelly watched from the floor, his chest rising and falling in frantic panic. He knew exactly what kind of monster Matteo could be, and now he was trapped in a room with him.

Slowly, Matteo loosened his hold on Adrian. He turned around, the warmth fading completely from his face as his deadly gaze dropped back onto the man on the floor. He strode over, grabbed Kelly by the collar, and yanked him up to his feet before slamming him against the nearest wall.

"Stay the fuck away from my boyfriend," Matteo snarled, his face inches from his. "I told you that before. I warned you, and I told you that if I ever had to come looking for you, I wouldn’t show you a single ounce of mercy."

Kelly gasped for air, the rough impact against the wall leaving him in pain. He looked at Matteo with a mix of raw fear and bitter resentment, crying out, "You’re only doing this to me because you’re powerful! You slept with my boyfriend and you think you can just get away with it! You didn’t care, you didn’t feel sorry at all! You completely ruined my relationship!"

Matteo’s expression didn’t soften, but his grip on Kelly’s neck loosened slightly as he spoke.

"Yes, I slept with your boyfriend," Matteo said. "But I didn’t know he was in a relationship because he never once mentioned your existence. I never forced myself on him, Kelly. Your boyfriend was more than willing to sleep with me every single time we were together, right up until I was done with him and walked away. I never coerced him. He practically begged to be in my bed."

Kelly’s face filled with humiliation and burning anger. "He was willing to sleep with you, or you bought him with your money just because you wanted revenge for what I did to you back in our school days?!" he choked out, staring at Matteo in absolute pain.

Matteo chuckled. "Since you want the absolute truth... yes. I bought him with my money for revenge. And honestly, Kelly? Thank you... Thank you to you and your little gang back then for making me exactly like this."

Matteo’s expression darkened. "You shouldn’t be so pained by whatever I did to you now. You all asked for this version of me, and you all received exactly what you begged for. I knew he was your boyfriend. I knew how happy the two of you were, and I knew just how much you loved him. I even knew how much you spoiled him. But I was more than willing to ruin your relationship, so I spent double what you ever could and I got him. He was willing, and I don’t feel a single ounce of sorrow for what I did. Because you, Kelly... you are the one who awoke the devil in me."

Kelly looked at him in pain, unable to speak. If anything, he wanted to fight back, but someone like him didn’t stand a chance against Matteo.

Matteo slammed him against the wall once more. "Stop staring at me like that. It’s over now. The revenge I couldn’t have back then, I have it now. Be grateful you are still alive, because if anything had happened to Mark back then when you pushed him down the stairs... You would have been dead and buried a long time ago."

Kelly looked at Matteo, his breath shaking in his throat as tears of panic and defeat rolled down his face. "You’re evil," he whispered.

Then, with a desperate surge of strength, he turned his head toward Adrian, his eyes locking onto him. "Is this who you choose to be with, Adrian?! He’s a devil! Open your eyes! Even if you won’t be with me, please...don’t be with a man like him! He’s pure evil!"

Matteo roared at Kelly, "Enough!"

The force of his voice made the room go completely silent. Matteo stared at Kelly as he gave his final warning. "Stay the fuck away from me, stay away from Adrian, and never dare show your face near us again!"

With a final, forceful shove, Matteo threw Kelly to the ground. Kelly collapsed in a heap, clutching his throat as he coughed, too terrified to even lift his head.

Matteo didn’t spare him another glance. He turned away, his chest rising and falling heavily, and walked straight back to Adrian. He reached out and took Adrian’s hand, his fingers gentle but clamping down with an unyielding grip.

"Babe, let’s go," Matteo said, looking at Adrian.

Adrian didn’t say a word. He kept his eyes fixed on Matteo’s face, absorbing everything he had just witnessed and heard. Even though Matteo had already sat him down and told him everything about his past, about his school days, what Kelly’s gang had done to him, and the ruthless way he had taken his revenge long before they ever got together, hearing it thrown out so brutally like that still felt heavy.

Somehow, Adrian felt bad. It wasn’t that he felt any sympathy for a pathetic creep like Kelly... Kelly deserved every single bit of misery he got, but Adrian couldn’t fully explain the complicated knot of emotions tightening in his chest.

The truth was, the night Kelly called and kept texting Adrian...