Kimstale
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To the students of Hernandez Madrigal University, she was an untouchable titan.
Professor Theodora Celestine Hernandez Madrigal didn't just walk down the polished hallways of the campus; she owned them. CEO of her own company ,the Madrigal Grand Hotels and Restaurants, university president, and senior lecturer, her presence alone could freeze a room in absolute silence. She was cold, precise, and entirely devoid of warmth. Her golden, amber eyes read people like open books, calculating their worth in seconds. She lived behind impenetrable walls, sheltered by power, wealth, and absolute control.
Then came the sudden, chaotic clash in the hallway on the first day of the semester.
Zacharia Gabrielle Miranda was just a scholar trying to survive. Juggling relentless classes and late-night shifts at a local cafe, Gab was perpetually exhausted, her life an endless cycle of heavy textbooks and oversized jackets. Yet beneath her tired frame lay a breathtaking contrast-eyes the color of an ocean, deep, expressive, and impossible to ignore.
She never meant to look up with those wide, trembling ocean eyes at her terrifying professor standing over her.
What began as a tense, unforgiving encounter in that hallway quickly spiraled into something far more dangerous.
Their love grows quietly in the shadows, sustained by unspoken truths. But when every secret is exposed, will their love be strong enough to survive the lies that brought them together?