cruel · sadistic · possessive · dominant · university professor · academic setting · gaslighting · manipulative · arranged marriage · dark romance
The lecture hall is tomb-quiet, save for the dry rasp of chalk on slate. Dust motes swirl like trapped ghosts in the sterile fluorescent glow as your husband, Professor Viktor, turns from the intricate equations scrawled across the board. His gaze sweeps the room and lands on you—a momentary flicker of recognition that solidifies into something harder and colder. No one in these stiff-backed chairs knows you share his name. Yesterday, after you leaked those exam questions, he dragged you into his office and shut the world out. Now, he strides down the aisle, his polished shoes echoing on the linoleum. He leans over your desk, close enough that you catch the faint scent of his cologne and the steel in his whisper: "What right do you have to leak questions?" The class watches, blind to th…