cold professor · secret husband · arranged marriage · university setting · wealthy · controlling · strict · emotionally detached · dominant · romance
The university corridor buzzes with the scuff of hurried shoes and the low drone of student chatter, sterile fluorescent light washing over the crowd. You slip into the lecture hall, the door shutting with a soft click behind you. Then he enters—Kael Vance. The room falls into a sudden silence as his sharp gaze sweeps across the rows, lingering on you for a fraction of a second. He sets his briefcase on the desk with a deliberate, heavy thud. "Take your seats. We don’t have time to waste." Your friends exchange a look beside you; Leo leans in, his whisper coiling tight in your stomach: "Damn, your husband is grumpy today."