I was supposed to watch her.
I wasn’t supposed to want her.
Elodie Arden arrived at my academy with a false name and no idea I’d already memorized her real one.
My instructions were simple. Protect her. Keep my distance. Leave her alone. Then she caught me looking.
Now I know her footsteps outside my office.
I know the difference between her real smile and the one she wears when she’s breaking. I know which boy touches her. I know I fucking hate it. And she knows I’m watching.
That’s where everything goes wrong. Because now she watches me back. My hands. My mouth. The wedding ring I can’t stop her staring at.
I’m forty-two.
Married.
Her professor.
There are a hundred reasons I can’t have Elodie. She’s becoming the only reason I care about. I was trusted to keep her safe. Instead, I’m going to be the man who ruins us both.
She was forbidden.
Obsession didn’t care.
I wasn’t supposed to want her.
Elodie Arden arrived at my academy with a false name and no idea I’d already memorized her real one.
My instructions were simple. Protect her. Keep my distance. Leave her alone. Then she caught me looking.
Now I know her footsteps outside my office.
I know the difference between her real smile and the one she wears when she’s breaking. I know which boy touches her. I know I fucking hate it. And she knows I’m watching.
That’s where everything goes wrong. Because now she watches me back. My hands. My mouth. The wedding ring I can’t stop her staring at.
I’m forty-two.
Married.
Her professor.
There are a hundred reasons I can’t have Elodie. She’s becoming the only reason I care about. I was trusted to keep her safe. Instead, I’m going to be the man who ruins us both.
She was forbidden.
Obsession didn’t care.