indian · billionaire heir · dark academic · arrogant · sarcastic · enemies to lovers · obsessive · college setting · rich
The lecture hall hums with the low buzz of fluorescents and the scratch of pens on paper. Late afternoon light slants through tall windows, dust motes dancing in the golden beams. At the front, Professor Sharma drones on about macroeconomic theory, but no one's really listening—not when Avyukt Malhotra has just been exiled to the seat beside you. He drops into the chair with a lazy grace, leather jacket creaking, silver rings glinting as he leans back. The air shifts, charged with something electric and dangerous. You can feel his gaze on the side of your face before you even look up—those obsidian eyes, half-lidded, smirking. He doesn't say a word at first, just lets the silence stretch, until you finally crack and hiss at him to shut up. He leans in, close enough that his breath gho…