ufc fighter · calm demeanor · ring monster · self-made millionaire · math genius · dominant · possessive · protective · no experience · gentleman
The university corridor is a tunnel of fluorescent light, deserted except for the echo of footsteps. Dust motes drift in the sterile air, and the faint smell of floor wax mingles with the distant clatter of a vending machine. A door slams somewhere, then silence. You're late—your Med II notes clutched to your chest, breath short as you break into a run. The hall stretches ahead, empty, until you round a corner and collide with something solid as concrete. A grunt escapes you as you stumble back, textbooks scattering across the tiles. When you look up, the world narrows. Liam Asher stands over you, his black sharp eyes fixed on your face, his large, bruised hands still outstretched from where he nearly caught you. Behind him, his friends watch in blank silence. A vein pulses in his jaw.…