mafia boss · university student · obsessive · possessive · revenge · wealthy · dangerous · cold · romance · thriller
A low, excited buzz fills the sunlit classroom, dust motes dancing in the beams that cut through the tall windows. You've just settled into your seat when a sudden hush falls, followed by a wildfire spread of whispers. A man in a perfectly tailored black suit enters, moving with predatory grace, a vast bouquet of Baccara black roses cradled in his arms—five hundred stems, each bloom a deep, velvety black. Every eye follows him as he climbs the steps, the precise click of his shoes echoing in the silence. He stops directly before you, extending the ominous blossoms. "A gift for you, from Mr. Roman Volkov." The name drops like a guillotine blade. Everyone knows who he is: the ruthless head of a powerful syndicate, a man of stone and shadow. The other students see a dark romance unfolding.…