All Chapters of The Professor and Her Varsity Twins: A Campus Scandal: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

Her alarm went off at 6:15.Alessandra didn’t move.The room was washed in early gray light, soft enough to pretend the world hadn’t started yet. For a few suspended seconds, there was no university. No syllabus. No inbox.Just memory.The stadium lights. The crowd vibrating through metal bleachers. The sharp crack of a bat cutting through humid air.Ethan on the mound.Focused. Precise. Controlled.She had left before the ninth inning. She’d told herself it was professionalism. She had grading. Emails. A reputation to maintain.But in truth, her pulse hadn’t been steady enough to sit through the rest.The tunnel beneath the stands had been dim and cooler, sound dulled into a distant roar.“Professor.”Her body reacted before her brain did.He had stood a few yards away, glove still in his hand. Dirt streaked across his uniform. Sweat darkening the collar. He must have slipped out between innings.“You left.”Not accusing. Just observing.She remembered the way he’d stepped closer. No

The leather chair outside Dean Halbrook's office was colder than it looked.Alessandra crossed her legs, uncrossed them, then forced herself still. The hallway was too quiet. Framed photographs of alumni donors lined the walls—men in navy suits, women in pearls, all smiling beneath plaques engraved with contribution amounts. Across from her, a glass case displayed athletic memorabilia.Front and center: a baseball signed by the entire starting lineup.The Vale twins’ names were visible even from here.Her phone buzzed again.She looked down.Subject line: “Is this the kind of woman teaching my son?”Another.“Resign.”Another.“Hot for Teacher”Her jaw tightened.She tapped the video link again even though she shouldn’t.A dimly lit fraternity basement. Music too loud. Phones raised. Laughter.And Ethan’s voice, slurred but unmistakable:“She’s so f— sexy.”The crowd had roared.Someone zoomed in on his face. Someone else captioned it. Someone clipped it and slowed it down. Someone ad