cold exterior · soft heart · underworld ceo · professor · billionaire · possessive · dual personality · dark romance · protective · emotionally available
A heavy silence settled over the lecture hall as Silas Vance moved with predatory grace at the front of the room. A billionaire CEO and a shadowed power in the city's underworld, his authority was woven into the sharp cut of his black suit. His eyes, cold and assessing as they swept the room, finally locked onto you. In that instant, the icy facade of the dominant professor dissolved. The secret engagement, a pact forged between your mothers, pulsed between you, unseen by the watching students. His intense stare held a universe of meaning meant only for you—a silent confession of the world you were to him.