LOGIN“It’s for five days, Sofia,” Aria whispered. “I can’t just disappear with him for that long without anyone else getting suspicious.”They were sitting in the backrow of the lecture hall while class was going on.“I really don’t see what exactly the problem is,” Sofia whispered back, but still kept her eyes on the lecturer in front. “You’re overthinking this.”“I’m not,” Aria insisted. “Professor Kline will wonder why I’m suddenly jetting off in the middle of exam season. Tyler will ask questions. And my roommate will connect the dots.”Sofia shrugged. “Then, you—”“Can you two not?” The girl sitting behind them hissed. “I can’t hear what Professor Vasquez is saying.”Sofia turned slowly, eyes narrowing.“Then go sit at the fucking front, bitch,” she didn’t bother to lower her voice. “Maybe your ear is damaged or something.”A couple of heads turned.Professor Vasquez paused mid-sentence, looking up from his slides. “Is there a problem back there?”Sofia shot the girl one flat, dangero
The air in the room was thick with the scent of sex, sweat, and the faint thump of music from upstairs.Aria’s lungs burned, and her thighs ached in that good, used way, while Jason lay half on his side next to her, one arm thrown over his eyes, chest rising and falling hard.Neither of them said anything.She stared at the ceiling, her heartbeat slowly coming down as she replayed the last hour like it was someone else’s life.The possessive anger he’d used to drag that man. The way he’d branded her as his in front of everyone, and then kissed her like he was starving.Jason shifted beside her, dropping his arm.For a second, their eyes met.Tonight was different… and both of them knew it.But voicing it would shatter the fragile balance.Eventually, her eyelids grew heavy, and he pulled her close, wrapping her in the warmth of his body.- - -The next morning’s light filtered through the heavy blinds.She stirred first, her body sore, throat tender from his earlier choke.For a momen
His words rang in her ears.“No one gets to touch you except me. Do you understand?”She had spent the last half hour pressing her thighs together every time his eyes met hers over the pool table, pretending to be composed while her body screamed.Sitting like a quiet, obedient kitten while waiting for whatever he decided to do next felt like its own kind of tension.The good kind. The kind that made her slick and ready.Now he had her pinned to the wall in the dimly lit room, his hand warm and solid at the back of her neck as his body crowded hers.He looked hungry, uncontrolled, with something darker simmering under the surface.She should have been scared by what he’d just done out there… slamming that man into the wall, saying what’s mine in a voice that didn’t sound like her professor at all.Instead, it had flipped some switch inside her. Something hot and tangled unfurled in her chest.He had done that because of her.But…what about his rules?He had been so clear about it from
Jason had been at the club long before she walked in.Enough time to settle in, get a drink, and run a lazy game of pool with Trevor and Daniel.When the door opened, and Aria stepped into the private club, his breath caught.The dress was short and red.His favorite color.And for a second, the noise around vanished under the thud of his own pulse.When Trevor whistled, his jaw tightened.Even when he knew they didn’t know who Aria was, his body still tensed up.Then, he introduced them, and she went to sit at a corner table.Trevor chalked his cue, still smirking. “Wow, so that’s the infamous Aria. The one you risk committee hearings for.”Jason sank a ball with practiced calm. “I said she was complicated.”Daniel’s brows went up. “Okay. I now understand why your self‑control took a sabbatical.”Jason snorted, despite himself.The banter smoothed some of the tension as they traded shots, trash talk, easy laughs.But every now and then, his gaze drifted to the corner where she sat, d
Aria woke up tangled in Tyler’s sheets, his arm heavy around her waist, the promise ring cool against her skin when she lifted her hand.Tyler stirred beside her. “Good morning, my forever.”Her cheeks flushed at that. “I think I could get used to that.”He tugged her down and kissed her. “Then, that’s what I’m going to start calling you.”He pulled her on top of him as the kiss deepened.
Saturday mornings were usually quiet, except today, as the cleaners moved through the house.The sounds of their vacuum, running water, and the occasional low conversation filtered through closed doors.Jason sat in his study, staring at his laptop while the coffee mug beside him had gone lukewarm.He had students' papers to grade, but his mind wasn’t there.All he could think about was The Vault.
Jason kissed her again with urgent need as his fingers worked the button of her blouse open, exposing the red bra that held her full breasts. With a rough tug, he shoved it down, her nipples hardening instantly in the cool air.He broke the kiss to latch onto one peak, sucking it hard, his teeth g
One line.Aria stared at it, blinking, waiting for another to appear like some delayed curse. But it never changed to two lines“Omg!” Her knees wobbled with sudden relief. Air rushed out of her lungs in a rush that made her almost choke.“Lena!” she yelled, her voice breaking, “It’s… negative!”T
The fluorescent light in Jason’s office shone faintly the next evening after classes, casting long shadows across the stacks of papers and the open laptop on his desk.Ethan glanced at his watch and looked at the professor. “Prof, I have to leave now,” he said, sliding a folder toward the center of
The Fairmont Royal York ballroom looked like a postcard for a life Aria wasn’t sure she would ever belong to. Glass walls framed the city, lights glittering in the early evening like someone had spilled diamonds over the dark.This was not a student party. This was… power.Aria tightened her grip o







