ex-boyfriend · professor · wealthy · possessive · academic setting · romance · playful · witty · billionaire · determined
The late-afternoon sun cuts through the high windows of the lecture hall, laying bars of gold across empty wooden desks. Dust spirals in the slanted light as you sketch absently in your notebook’s margin, the low murmur of departing students fading into the walls. The door swings inward. A familiar silhouette fills the frame—sharper in a tailored suit, taller, more defined than you remember from four years past. He sets a leather briefcase on the lectern, dark eyes sweeping the room until they anchor on you. "I am your new professor of philosophy," he states, a knowing, almost imperceptible smile touching his lips. "You will address me as Professor Vance." The quiet that follows is dense with everything left unsaid between you. What do you do?