The Professor She Was Forbidden to WantUpdated at Jul 29, 2026, 12:02
Maren Ellison has one rule: survive the program. No distractions, no mistakes, nothing that could cost her the only shot she's ever had. Then the university reshuffles committees, and the man now holding her academic future in his hands is Professor Julian Marlowe,the coldest, sharpest mind in the department, and the one person she cannot afford to want.Julian has his own rule, forged the hard way: no student, ever, under any circumstance. Two years ago a false accusation nearly cost him everything, and he's spent every day since making sure it never happens again. Then Maren walks into his office with a research question sharp enough to catch him off guard, and for the first time in two years, the rule starts to feel like a cage instead of a shield.