My Best Friend’s Brother Is My Professor—And He Wants Me의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

Elena Carson He wasn’t supposed to be here tonight.Killian Davenport straightens from the bar, his grey eyes locked on me like he’s trying to place something. My stomach flips violently. He starts walking toward me, slow and deliberate, like a predator who just spotted easy prey. I freeze on the spot, unable to move, unable to breathe. Every step he takes makes my pulse louder. Just when he’s only a few feet away, Nora appears out of nowhere and nudges him hard with her shoulder.“Well, well, look who decided to show up and steal all the attention the second he walked in,” she says cockily, grinning up at him. “Typical Killian behavior.”Killian’s lips twitch into a small, composed smile. His voice is deeper than I remember. Low, smooth, and ridiculously sexy. “Hello to you too, little sister.”God. That voice. It slides over my skin like warm velvet. He’s changed so much. The way he carries himself now with straight shoulders and controlled movement while radiating quiet pow

Killian Davenport Of all the women in New York, why did it have to be Elena Carson who walked into my classroom?I lean against my desk, arms crossed, watching her stand awkwardly in the middle of the empty lecture hall. Messy bun, slightly wrinkled blouse, flushed cheeks. She looks like she barely survived last night.The messy bun shouldn’t work, but it does.Last night at the bar, I noticed her before I knew who she was. A beautiful stranger in a tight black dress. I looked twice. I don’t usually look twice.Then she turned her head, and reality crashed into me. Elena Carson. Nora’s best friend. The quiet girl who used to trail behind my sister like a shadow. Always reading, always watching, never taking up space. I remembered her.This version doesn’t fade into the background anymore.Somewhere between thirteen and twenty, she learned how to command attention without trying. And that’s exactly why I pretended not to recognize her last night. Distance is safer.I let the