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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO

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LENA

After Dani left, her words still replayed in my mind. ‘The question isn’t who he was before he met you. The question is who he is with you.’

It was a good question. A fair one. But I couldn’t answer it. Not until I understood the first part. Who was he before me? Him being a professor was just a facade, he was a fucking billionaire. The man who’d raided a compound to save me… that was a stranger. I needed to meet the ghost that haunted him. I needed to know more about him.

I heard Ava’s door open. She peeked out, her expression cautious. “Everything okay? You guys weren’t in there screaming, so that’s a good sign.”

“It’s okay,” I said, my voice still a little hoarse. “She just… she made me feel better.”

Ava came and sat on the arm of the couch, not too close. “I know you think I’m being a bitch about him. I just… I can’t stand to see you like this. You disappeared into yourself for weeks. He did that.”

“I know,” I said softly. “And I love you for wanting to protect me. I do.” I l
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    LENAI didn’t go home after Marco left. My feet, seemingly of their own accord, carried me toward the sleek, imposing building that housed Adrian’s penthouse. The truth wasn’t something I could process sitting on my couch.The doorman gave me a nod of recognition, his expression unreadable. The elevator ride up was silent and soon I stood before his door, my heart hammering against my ribs. I could hear faint voices from inside.I didn’t ring the bell, I didn't want him to see that I was the one outside so I knocked.The door swung open. Adrian stood there, his eyes wide with shock. He looked… different. He was wearing a simple grey sweatshirt and pants, his feet bare. He looked younger, and so tired. Behind him, I saw Dimitri standing by the kitchen island, holding a coffee mug, his expression shifting from casual to wary in a nanosecond.“Lena?” Adrian’s voice was a rough whisper, full of disbelief.“We need to talk,” I said, my own voice surprisingly steady. “Now.”He just stared a

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    ADRIANMy phone buzzed on the marble countertop, Marco’s name flashed on the screen. Probably a security update. Or another potential threat from Gabriel to be neutralized. The endless, grinding war.I swiped to answer, my voice rough from disuse. “What is it?”There was a pause on the other end. Marco was never hesitant. “Boss. I just got off the phone with Lena.”The world tilted. I gripped the edge of the counter, my knuckles turning white. “Is she alright? Is she hurt?” The questions were out before I could stop them, laced with a panic I couldn’t control.“She’s fine. She’s… she called me.” He sounded as thrown as I felt. “Asked to meet. At that coffee shop near campus.”A thousand scenarios, all of them bad, flashed through my mind. Was going to get a restraining order? Was she going to demand I leave the country? Was going to tell Marco to tell me to go to hell, because she couldn’t bear to say it to my face again?“What did you tell her?” My voice was tight.“I asked if you k

  • Dark Desires: The Professor's Obsession   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO

    LENAAfter Dani left, her words still replayed in my mind. ‘The question isn’t who he was before he met you. The question is who he is with you.’It was a good question. A fair one. But I couldn’t answer it. Not until I understood the first part. Who was he before me? Him being a professor was just a facade, he was a fucking billionaire. The man who’d raided a compound to save me… that was a stranger. I needed to meet the ghost that haunted him. I needed to know more about him.I heard Ava’s door open. She peeked out, her expression cautious. “Everything okay? You guys weren’t in there screaming, so that’s a good sign.”“It’s okay,” I said, my voice still a little hoarse. “She just… she made me feel better.”Ava came and sat on the arm of the couch, not too close. “I know you think I’m being a bitch about him. I just… I can’t stand to see you like this. You disappeared into yourself for weeks. He did that.”“I know,” I said softly. “And I love you for wanting to protect me. I do.” I l

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    LENA“Lena. Come on! You need to eat something.” A knock on my door and Ava's voice interrupted my thoughts.I pulled the comforter higher over my head, trying to block out the noise.It's been three weeks of living in this dim, stagnant space. I didn't feel like myself and I just stared at my phone screen every time he called or I got a text notification obviously from him. Honestly, I don't know why I was hiding.Maybe because I found out that he was out of my league and I didn't deserve someone like him. He was a fucking CEO and I was what? Just some random student.The door creaked open. I didn’t have to look to know Ava was standing there, her arms crossed, probably wearing that look of frustrated concern that had become her permanent expression lately.“I’m not hungry,” I mumbled into my pillow.“Bullshit,” she said, her footsteps crossing the room. The curtains screeched as she yanked them open, flooding the room with harsh afternoon light that made me wince. “You can’t just li

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    ADRIANIt's been three weeks.Twenty-one fucking days of silence. I counted every one of them. Everytime I called her and it went straight to voicemail, each text message I sent to her was left on ‘read’. I’d given her space. I’d tried to be patient. But her silence was eating me alive.I couldn't hold it anymore and now here I was, standing outside her dorm building, I felt like a teenager, nervous and unsure. This wasn't me. I didn't beg. I didn't chase. But for Lena, I would—I would fucking do anything.For some reason, the elevator wasn't working so I had to take the stairs. As I walked up, my heart was hammering a rhythm that felt too loud for the quiet hallway. I stopped at her door, took a breath, and knocked.The door swung open, but it wasn’t Lena. It was Ava. Her smile disappeared as soon as she saw me. She closed the doorway, her arms crossed like a human barricade.“Adrian.” My name sounded like an insult on her lips.“Ava. Is Lena here? I need to talk to her.”“She’s not

  • Dark Desires: The Professor's Obsession   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE

    EVELYN“Arrrgggghhhh!” I screamed immediately as I got into my office but was met with silence.The silence in my corner office was usually comfortable but today, it was a mockery. The panoramic view of the city I’d fought so hard to earn felt like a painting someone else had chosen. Every sleek line of the furniture, every piece of expensive art, felt like a consolation prize.I’d spent the entire night staring at the ceiling, Gabriel’s words playing on a loop in my head.Adrian. My Adrian. The man who’d seemed content with books and quiet dinners. The man I’d dismissed as lacking ambition, as being too soft for the world I wanted to rule. I poured myself a glass of scotch from the side bar, my hands trembling so badly. I drank it in one burning gulp, welcoming the heat, hoping it would scorch away the humiliation.Why? Why hadn’t he told me? All those years of me nagging him about his salary, about his career dead-end, about not being able to afford the house I really wanted. He’d

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