At twenty, Melody Sinclair is a quiet, gifted ballerina with few friends and too many bullies. Ballet is her escape-until her instructor's sudden accident brings in He Yu Zhang, a mysterious, celebrated dancer with a gaze that lingers too long. What Melody doesn't know is that He Yu has been watching her for months, studying her every move from just across the street. To him, she is perfection-and he will do anything to have her. As he pulls her deeper into his world, Melody mistakes obsession for protection...until she realizes the most dangerous stage is the one he's set for her.

He's strict, ruthless, and utterly untouchable. She's determined, seductive, and completely off-limits. Professor Alexander Graves rules his lecture hall with an iron will. Emotionless, disciplined, and feared, he has no time for distractions-especially not from a student half his age. Love is nothing but an illusion, and desire is a weakness he refuses to entertain. But then she walks in. Ivy Monroe has spent years nursing a secret crush on the one man she can never have. She knows he's cold, distant, and would never cross the line... unless she pushes him. A glance here, a lingering touch there-slowly, she starts to crack his carefully built walls. The tension between them is dangerous. Forbidden. Addictive. And when the lines blur, neither of them is prepared for what happens next. A steamy, forbidden, slow-burn romance filled with tension, longing, an age gap that makes it all the more tempting, and a professor who never thought he could fall-until her.