Collateral Obsession
Chapter 1
She was walking home after her shift, tired and half-asleep, when she saw him—
A man lying on the sidewalk.
Unconscious.
Barely breathing.
Blood soaking through his shirt.
Sofia Richie
*Froze, Just for a second
Then dropped to her knees*
Hey! Can you hear me?
Luca Moretti
*No response just shallow breathing and squint eyebrows *
Sofia Richie
oh my god… I need to do something.... let me take you to hospital *starts searching something in her bag to stop bleeding*
She didn’t think. She took out her scarf and pressed it hard against the wound.
People walked past. Some stared. No one stopped.
She flagged a cab and drag him with her
Sofia Richie
*holding his giant body struggling to drag while huffing*huff..... he's so heavy and giant
Sofia Richie
*She managed to sit inside the cab*please go to the nearest hospital
Sofia Richie
Drive fast..!!
Luca Moretti
*he was unconscious, didn't know what is happening, resting his head on her shoulder*
Sofia Richie
*she caressed his back comforting him*we'll be there in a minute
They reached at hospital and Doctors drag him away on stretcher to start his treatment
Hospital staff
Mam you need to do paperwork please
Sofia Richie
*as she does the paperwork but forgot to write her name*here please finish it hurriedly I have to go home....
They didn't look at the form and put is aside
Hospital staff
Yes ma'am sure.... please pay this bill
She looked at the bill and got shocked by the amount
Sofia Richie
"oh no... it's my whole salary and savings"okay I'll pay
She played the amount with her whole salary and savings
Sofia Richie
"nothing to worry Sofia…you saved a human being… It's more important...and you can save again"...."human life matters"
She looked at the treatment room and pray for him to be healed soon and left the hospital
Male lead
Name. Luca Moretti
Age.36
Height. 6.5ft
Dangerous, ruthless mafia leader of his county
No one dares to say anything to him
Cold like ice even ice is softer than him
Ripped body, mascular frame, with tattoos on chest
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Female lead
Name. Sofia Richie
Age. 20
Height. 4.11ft
Sweet, kind and carefree nature, always helps others without wanting anything in return
Lives alone in other city and parents live in another city
Want to explore life on her own
Likes to collect cute things
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Chapter 2
Luca laying with stitches and bandage
Luca Moretti
* groans as he opens his eyes. Pain sears through his side, stitched tight and sore.*argh...
His right-hand man, Enzo stands by the end, also his partner and Best friend
Enzo Romano
Hey... easy there
Luca Moretti
*he looked at his state and in anger said*why the hell am I here
Luca Moretti
I was in the alley fighting with some b*stards...and one of them was Leon...
Luca Moretti
He betrayed us...Enzo I want them in my basement by tomorrow night...*with dark and cold eyes*
Enzo Romano
You made it. Barely. Someone found you in the alley—wrapped a scarf around the wound. Got you here in time. First you need to heal
Enzo Romano
And don't worry about them... I've already told guards to do their work.... they'll be treated well in the basement till your wound is healed
Luca Moretti
*coldly*who saved me
Enzo Romano
That’s the thing… we don’t know. She paid your hospital bill. In cash. And vanished.
Luca slowly sits up, blood draining from his face—but not from rage. But from intriguing
Luca Moretti
*shocked and unbelievable look on his face*she paid?
Enzo Romano
All of it. Even refused to give her name. Just left this.*holds out a scarf stained dark red in the middle*
Enzo Romano
She has some brain to give you emergency treatment using her scarf...and yeah.!we also found CCTV footage of her
Luca takes it with his uninjured hand, staring at the dried blood and the footage of her in the tablet looking at her worried and angel like face.
Luca Moretti
*a silence falls.then a whisper...calm and deadly*I want everyone f**king information about her
Enzo Romano
Are you serious?!... look at her she's so tiny...and unaware...
Luca Moretti
*looked with sharp and dead eyes*
Enzo took long sigh as he can't to anything against him
Luca turned and look at the footage of her caressing tablet screen
Luca Moretti
"Someone like that doesn’t belong out there.
She’s too pure. Too soft. This world will eat her alive."
Thinking while caressing the screen
His fingers tighten on the scarf. Eyes dark. Possessive. Unblinking.
Luca Moretti
"She saved me. That makes her mine."
Enzo Romano
*didn't say anything cuz he knows what he is thinking in his mind*.......
Male lead's friend and business partner
Name. Enzo Romano
Age. 35
height. 6.3ft
He's mature calm but when someone got his nerves he's the most ruthless and dangerous showing no mercy to anyone
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Chapter 3
Enzo Romano
*came inside while handling reports*Luca... doctor said we can take you home...
Enzo Romano
You just need to rest for three days to continue any work
Luca Moretti
*straight face and dead eyes just nod*hmm
Enzo take Luca back to the mansion from hospital
Italianate villa style with modern security infrastructure
Marble floors, dark wood, velvet curtains. Library with floor-to-ceiling books, hidden compartments, and a war room beneath.
The lion motif is everywhere—statues, carvings, and his personal crest
Luca Moretti
*He walks in slowly, fresh stitches under his shirt, pain dull but still there. The kind that reminds him of her*
His mansion is quiet—sterile, controlled. Nothing warm about it
Enzo Romano
*Enzo takes him to his room*be careful...the wound is still fresh
Luca Moretti
*Luca with straight face*tch
Luca Moretti
Stop treating me like a child.... I've seen worse than this
Enzo Romano
*sigh*yeah yeah I know
Enzo Romano
I can't win against you*shaking his head with curled lips*
They entered in Luca's room
King-sized, custom-built with a black mahogany frame and deep red velvet headboard. Sheets of Egyptian cotton. Overhead hangs a massive oil painting of a lion staring straight ahead, its gaze matching to his own sharp deep dark brown eyes
Luca enters and saw a thick manila file is present on his nightstand
Enzo Romano
*looks at him*we got everything about her,
Enzo Romano
Name, Background, Apartment, Work schedule, Everything little thing
Luca Moretti
*stare straight at file with straight eyes*leave me alone for a moment
Enzo Romano
*Enzo nods and vanishes without another word. The door shuts. Silence again*
Luca lowers himself into the chair like a predator settling into its den. He opens the file. First thing on top—a photo.
Smiling, unaware, caught in a candid moment. Light in her eyes. Nothing guarded. Just… real.
Luca Moretti
*He runs his fingers over the picture. Slow. Careful. Like she might feel it through the paper.*
Luca Moretti
*whispers*Sofia Richie
Luca Moretti
Works late at café. Lives alone. Eats instant noodles and donates to animal shelters. Broke—but still gives.
Luca Moretti
*chuckle darkly shaking head*such a little barista you are for working late shifts
He flips through her life like it’s his own.
Luca Moretti
School records,was a bright student but got rejected from an art college due to financial problems
A photo of her as a teenager hugging some worn-out plush bunny.
Luca Moretti
*He breathes deep, thumb sliding across the ink on her name*You really are a gem, aren’t you?
Luca flips to the next page of the file. Detailed background report. Bills, rent slips, old emails. His eyes scan fast—trained. Nothing escapes
Luca Moretti
Transfers monthly savings to a joint account belonging to—her parents lives in another city
Luca Moretti
You live off scraps…
Eat garbage food.
Work overtime until you can’t stand…*whisper and took long sigh*
Luca Moretti
*Whispers*And you’re carrying them on your back too?
He stands suddenly. Walks to the window overlooking the empty courtyard. Gripping her photo
Luca Moretti
You’re not just good.
You’re f*cking relentless
He chuckles darkly—bitter, amazed, like he can’t decide if he wants to cage her or kneel at her feet
Luca Moretti
You could’ve run. Could’ve kept that money. Spent it on yourself.
But no.
You saved me—a stranger.
Luca Moretti
You stay soft in a world that chews through people like you and spits out bones.
Luca Moretti
Too pure for this cruel world.
Don’t worry, angel.
I’ve got you now.
Luca Moretti
Because something that rare?
It’s meant to be owned.
He flicks his cigarette. Eyes empty of romance—just hunger, obsession, control
Luca Moretti
*He brushes his lips across the photo like a vow, eyes never leaving hers and whisper*and it's a promise to myself
The room door swings open. Two men walk in—his most trusted, the ones who’ve bled beside him. Not just soldiers. Family by bloodshed.
Enzo, still serious, quiet and unreadable. And then there’s Antonio—the loudmouth, the wildcard, always grinning like he knows something you don’t
Antonio Greco
*came inside hurriedly worried and in rage*hey bro are you okay
Antonio Greco
I swear give me permission and I'll show those f*ckers the worst me
Antonio Greco
How can they even laid a hand on you
Luca Moretti
*Luca doesn’t flinch. Just pours himself a drink, calm as ever*
Antonio Greco
*smirk and became playful as usual*and yeah another thing Enzo just told me
Antonio Greco
You just outta that damn hospital and hiding like a virgin with a crush
Antonio Greco
C’mon, man. All cooped up in here, whispering to some picture like a lovesick teenager.
That the girl who patched your pretty chest up?
Luca Moretti
*Calm and flat swirling his drink while smoking* She saved my life.
Antonio Greco
*Teasing*Yeah? Or did she just own your *ss the second she touched you?
I mean, sh*t, brother, I ain’t never seen you this quiet about a girl.
What’s her name? Sofia?
Luca Moretti
*Luca doesn’t answer. Just looks at him. That slow, dangerous kind of look that makes people shut the f*ck up real fast.*
Antonio Greco
Relax, dude. I’m not stupid.
Just saying*laugh nervously scratching his head*
Antonio Greco
By the way... about those b*stards who laid a hand on you?
I’ll rip their f*ckin’ hearts out and hand them to you as a gift
Antonio Greco
*He laughs, wicked and genuine. But there’s a sharpness behind it. he might joke—but he means every word*
Enzo Romano
*quietly, low and dark*Everyone involved in that hit.
They thought you were vulnerable.
Enzo Romano
But little did they know that they were wrong
Antonio Greco
*He walks over to the desk, sees the open file with Sofia’s picture. Whistles low.*
Antonio Greco
She’s a sweet one. Looks like she still believes people ain’t monsters.
That won’t last in this city.
Luca Moretti
*Luca steps forward. Takes the picture from Antonio’s hand—slowly, deliberately.*It will last.
Antonio Greco
*Raising eyebrows*You gonna keep her in a glass box?
Luca Moretti
*Without blinking*If that’s what it takes.
Enzo Romano
*Calming and dangerous*Just don’t forget—whoever laid hands on you?
I’m not showing mercy.
They made you bleed.
Enzo Romano
And nobody makes my family bleed and walks away breathing.
The fire crackles. Smoke swirls in the air. Antonio’s grin still lingers, but there’s something darker beneath it now—
Luca picks up Sofia’s file again. Flips it open. Stares at the photo. The softness of her face. The innocence she doesn’t even know she carries.
Luca Moretti
*He speaks without looking up.*By morning, I want her apartment wired.
Antonio Greco
*pause while smoking*wired?
Luca Moretti
*Coldly*Cameras. Every room. Every corner. Hidden. No blind spots.
Antonio Greco
Damn...you serious
Luca Moretti
*Finally looking up at them*Dead serious.
Enzo Romano
*Tilt his head taking cigarette puff calmly*She doesn’t even know you exist outside a hospital gurney and a bloody scarf.
You gonna stalk her, Luca?
Luca Moretti
*Flatly*I'm going to protect her. The world will eat her alive. She doesn't need to know. She just needs to be safe
Antonio Greco
*Leans in, voice low, twisted amusement*
Safe, huh?
That what you call it now? Watching a girl sleep without her knowing
Luca Moretti
*Dark eyes locked on him*
You installing the cameras or should I need to remind you what I can do with that smug face of yours
Antonio Greco
*A tense beat. Antonio smirks—playful, but his loyalty’s never in question.*
Tch. Relax, bro. I got you.
By morning, you’ll see what she dreams about.
Luca Moretti
*calmly sipping whiskey*hmm good
Luca Moretti
*Luca turns back to the picture one more time. Runs his thumb down the edge like it’s made of glass.*
Luca Moretti
"She gave me her kindness.
I’ll give her a prison made of silk."*in his mind*
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another best and partner of male lead
Name. Antonio Greco
Age. 23
Height. 6.3ft
He's the youngest and playful in group still in college a student and a genius hacker
Psycho when it comes to love
playboy doesn't believe in love just enjoy his life and can't tolerate who attack his two brothers Luca and Enzo
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