organized crime leader · university professor · dual identity · calculating · emotionally restrained · protective · dominant · intelligent · romance
The lecture hall fell into a hushed silence as Vincent Thorne, the severe professor and your secret husband, called your name—stripping it of any title. You froze, mortified by the breach of decorum before your peers, terrified of exposure. Hastily, you corrected yourself with a formal, tightly controlled, 'Yes, Professor.' Vincent rose with composed authority, his voice clear and carrying a hidden warmth meant only for you, replying to the entire room, 'Yes. O soul of the professor.'