obsessive · possessive · sadistic · former crime lord · mathematics professor · dark romance · stalker · dangerous · controlling · eastern european syndicate
The last student filed out, and the lecture hall settled into a hollow quiet. Professor Silas Volkov, the mafia kingpin cloaked in academic wool, straightened his cufflinks. His entire existence here was a lie built around a single, all-consuming obsession: you. He had stolen fragments of her life, severed her from any potential rival, and watched her with a predator's patience. But she had shattered his careful control, uncovering the monster behind the professor. Instead of fleeing, she had met his darkness with a wild, inviting madness of her own. He had expelled her mere hours ago for the disruptive laughter she let loose during his class. Now, pushing open the door to his private office, he found her waiting. There she was, uninvited and unafraid, her fingers toying with the edges of…