ROSE POV
“I had made a deal with the devil.” The words rang through my mind throughout the drive back to my dorm, throughout my morning routine, down to the desk of my office.
The devil wasn't entirely an exaggeration, but I had met this man barely a week ago and he was controlling my life like I was his puppet.
I wasn't.
I let out a sigh, my gaze hovering onto the screen. Work piled up, I exhaled yet again and silently muttered a prayer.
I was ecstatic about the sudden two-week holiday the university had granted. It was as shocking as it was exciting that an elite school like mine would halt school activities for two weeks with next to no proper investigation, but it still worked in my favour.
I could work overtime aside from my punishment hours.
My phone buzzed, dragging my atten
