MY PROFESSOR AND I

Tia had one dream: leave Lagos, study abroad, and build a better life.

She got the scholarship. She got on the plane.

She did NOT get the life she planned.

In Thailand, her world flips. A dangerous job. No home. And him —

*Professor Alex.* Cold. Possessive. Broken.

The man with rules for everything and trust for no one.

To “protect” her, he takes away her job, her house, and her freedom...

and brings her into his.

Rule 1: Stay in.

Rule 3: Don’t enter my room.

Rule 5: Don’t touch me.

But storms don’t care about rules.

And neither does the way Tia looks at him when he’s vulnerable.

The way he clings to her at 3AM like she’s the only safe place left.

The way one possessive phone call — _“She’s mine. I don’t share my things”_ — changes everything.

Just when the walls between them start to c***k, the past shows up.

Ruby. The girl who broke him.

JJ. The boy who wants her.

And a dinner table full of friends asking the one question Tia isn’t ready to answer.

Tia asked for time. Alex agreed.

*“We’ll take it slow.”*

But slow doesn’t mean safe.

And in a house with no rules left to hide behind...

falling might be the only option left.

*_Some cages are made of rules. Others are made of feelings.

Which one will trap her first?_*