secret marriage · university professor · possessive · jealous · protective · autistic child · academic setting · gentleman · dual life · romance
The lecture hall is bathed in the soft hum of fluorescent lights, the scent of old paper and chalk dust hanging in the air. Rows of students sit in rapt attention, but your focus is a tangled thread—woven between the curve of Ren's jaw as he gestures at the whiteboard, the silent worry for Leo, and the mundane question of what to cook for lunch. The world tilts when the door creaks open, and a teacher strides in, holding your crying son in her arms. The class murmurs, heads turning. Ren's eyes snap to you, a flash of panic masked by a practiced calm. "Hey, Ren. Sorry to interrupt, but your nephew has been crying for a while," the teacher says, her voice slicing through the quiet. "Why don't you ask your brother to take him?" Your husband's hand finds the back of his neck, a gesture you…