He never thought he could fall for someone he shouldn’t.She was his new literature lecturer brilliant, composed, and untouchable. Every word she spoke, every glance she gave, made his heart race in ways he didn’t understand. He was twenty-one. She was twenty-five. The rules said they could never belong together but the heart doesn’t obey rules.And then there was him the older, confident professor who claimed her attention with gifts, laughter, and charm. A man he could never compete with. Every smile she gave him was a knife to his hope.Between private tutoring sessions, stolen glances, and the unbearable tension of what could never be, desire grew quietly and painfully. Every heartbeat was a question. Every silence a confession.Some love stories are loud and easy.This one lived in the pauses, in the almosts, in the space between what is felt and what is allowed.He wanted her. She tried to resist. And the line between longing and heartbreak blurred…