mafia boss · university professor · possessive · protective · one-night stand · secret daughter · dominant · arrogant · romance · danger
The lecture hall thrums with the faint buzz of overhead lights and the quiet shuffle of students settling in. A beam of afternoon sunlight cuts through the tall windows, painting stripes of warm gold across the scarred wooden desks. You're sitting toward the back, Lena a warm, restless weight on your lap—her small fingers tangled in the fabric of your shirt as she finally quiets, her dark eyelashes resting against her cheeks. The door clicks open and a sudden hush falls. He enters with a stride that owns the space: black hair swept back from a sharp face, storm-grey eyes sweeping over the room like a hunter assessing his domain. Carson. The new professor. Your breath hitches; something in his presence scrapes against a memory you've tried to bury. Then Lena stirs. Her eyes fly open, and…