บททั้งหมดของ SHHH... PROFESSOR : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Juliet stared at Mia’s text until the words blurred.“I got the files… but they know I accessed them. Run.”Adrian took the phone from her hand and read it. His face went hard.“We need to move,” he said. “Now.”Juliet stood. Her legs felt unsteady. “Where?”“Somewhere they don’t know. Farther from campus. Pack only what we need.”They moved fast. Adrian threw clothes into a bag while Juliet grabbed her phone charger and the few things she had brought. Neither of them spoke much. The silence felt heavy. When they left the motel, Adrian checked the parking lot twice before he started the car.He drove them to a different hotel on the other side of town. The place looked ordinary. No one who knew them would look here first. Once they were inside the new room, Juliet locked the door and leaned against it.Her phone rang. Unknown number.She answered on speaker and set the phone on the table.Elena’s voice came through, cold and calm. “Hello, Juliet. I see your little friend has been busy

Juliet sat on the edge of the hotel bed staring at Elena’s text. The words felt like a noose tightening around her neck.“Come to the club tonight and surrender Luna… or the full uncut version destroys you both.”Adrian paced the room. “You’re not going. We’ve already given them too much power.”Juliet looked up at him. “If they release the full video, you’ll go to prison. My mother will lose her treatment. Everything ends.”“I don’t care about the video right now. I care about you walking into that club again. Last time almost broke us.”“I know. But what choice do we have?”“We find another way. We always do.”Before Adrian could say more, Juliet’s phone rang. It was Mia.“I found more,” Mia said the second Juliet answered. “Elena has been moving money from the club into private accounts. Some of it looks like it went through university channels. There’s a pattern. If I can clean up the files, it might prove embezzlement.”Juliet put the phone on speaker. Adrian leaned in.“How soli

Juliet sat in Adrian’s car after the kidnapping attempt, still shaking. He held her tightly against his chest.“They’re getting bolder,” she said. “What if next time you’re not there?”Adrian kissed the top of her head. “Then I’ll make sure there is no next time. But we need a plan. We can’t keep reacting.”“I keep seeing their faces. The way they looked at me like I was already theirs.”“I know. I’m not letting you out of my sight again.”Juliet pulled back enough to look at him. “You can’t follow me everywhere forever.”“Watch me try.”They drove back to the hotel in silence. Once inside the room, Adrian locked the door and checked the windows. Juliet sat on the bed and stared at her phone.Later that afternoon she made a decision she did not tell him about right away. She opened the old messages from Elena and typed a short reply.“I want to meet. Neutral place. No Voss. Just us.”Elena answered within minutes.“Coffee shop on 8th. One hour. Come alone or the deal is off.”Juliet’s

Juliet sat beside Adrian as Dr. Lang’s words settled over the room.“Elena just sent a final warning—she has one more card left to play.”Adrian’s hand tightened around Juliet’s. “Whatever it is, we face it together.”Juliet looked at him. “What if it’s worse than the video?”“Then we deal with it the same way we’ve dealt with everything else. One step at a time.”The card came that same night.A short audio clip began circulating on campus forums and anonymous tip lines. The quality was rough, but the voices were clear enough. It sounded like Adrian’s voice telling Juliet she had no choice. That if she didn’t keep quiet and keep sleeping with him, he would ruin her grades and her future.Juliet listened to it once and felt sick. She set the phone down on the table. “That’s not real. You never said those things.”Adrian’s face was pale. He played the clip again, slower this time. “She edited it. Cut pieces from old conversations and lectures. Put them together to sound like threats.”

Juliet sat on the couch in Adrian’s apartment after visiting her mother. The warning still echoed in her mind.“Love like this can save you… or destroy you completely. Choose wisely, my girl.”Adrian’s phone rang. He answered it, listened for a long time, then hung up. His face was serious.“That was Dr. Lang,” he said. “The board has scheduled an emergency hearing for tomorrow morning. They want me there. In person.”Juliet stood up. “What does that mean?”“It means they are ready to decide,” Adrian said. “Whether to fire me permanently. Whether to involve the police further. Whether to expel you.”Juliet walked over and took his hands. “Then we fight. We have the financial evidence. We have Dr. Lang. We have Mia’s files. We can show them Elena and Voss are behind everything.”Adrian looked at her for a long moment. “If I fight publicly, they will dig harder into you. Your name. Your mother’s hospital records. The club. Everything. If I step away quietly, I might be able to keep most