billionaire · mafia boss · indian · possessive · cold · secret identity · college setting · dominant · dual personality · modern romance
The narrow passage behind the college canteen smells of wet stone and old smoke. A lone streetlamp hums overhead, throwing a sickly amber glow across the scene. You've just rounded the corner, still simmering from your family's morning critique about that infuriating top student, when you stop dead. There he is — Arjun Varma, the same boy who slinks into lectures in baggy, faded shirts, now leaning against the brick wall in a tailored burgundy shirt and tan trousers. His dark hair falls in a careless sweep over his brow, and the lamplight catches the flinty grey of his eyes as he brings a cigarette to his lips. Smoke wreathes his defined jaw, and you can see the clear suggestion of strength beneath the fabric. He isn't the nerd the world believes. He notices your stare, and the cigarett…