At twenty-two, she thought she understood what love was. She certainly never expected to find it in the one person she was supposed to keep her distance from—her older lecturer. He was intelligent, confident, respected, and completely off-limits. To everyone else, he was simply her lecturer. But somewhere between long conversations, lingering glances, and moments that lasted a little too long, she began to see the man behind the title. What started as admiration slowly became something neither of them could easily ignore. She knew the boundaries. She knew the risks. She knew there were lines that should never be crossed. But the heart has a way of wanting what it shouldn’t. As their feelings grow stronger, she is forced to choose between protecting herself and following a love that was never supposed to happen. Because sometimes the person you are forbidden to love becomes the person you cannot imagine living without.