Dr Alexandria Byrne had once believed that tenderness was a kind of safety. A shelter. A promise. Then someone she loved broke that promise, and the aftershocks hollowed her out in ways she still couldn't speak of. Now, years later, she carried herself with the calm precision of someone who could not afford softness again. Her voice clipped, her posture immaculate, her emotions tucked away as neatly as the papers on her desk. Her colleagues called her distant. Students called her cold. But she called it survival. She never imagined the girl who would unravel all of it had already stepped onto campus-heart bruised, hands trembling, carrying a grief heavier than her rucksack. They would meet in a storm, though neither knew it yet.

(This story is the second part of 'I really want you to hate me' You don't have to read the first part to understand this. Feel free to read it without it, but the story is clearer if you have read the first one. ) HAYLEY She is just too intimidating, too scary and too cold. And too freaking beautiful. So gorgeous that sometimes I forget to breathe when I look at her. LILLIAN I want to fix my marriage. Nothing can keep me away from that. Not even her. I will fix my marriage. Even if I can't look at anything else but her.

𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌.. ©️𝙽𝙴𝙸𝙰𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚂𝚂

WLW | ProfxStudent | Contract Marriage Professor Selene Ashford needs one thing to secure her inheritance: a stable marriage that lasts two years. Amara volkov never expected to become her solution. Bound by a contract and a secret neither can afford to expose, they return to the same university as professor and student, pretending to be strangers in public while sharing a penthouse behind closed doors. As a married couple. The terms are simple. For two years, Selene stays married to Amara to secure her inheritance. In return, Amara receives a fully funded master's degree, housing, and the future she's spent years working toward. All she has to do is make the marriage look real. The arrangement is simple. Keep up appearances. Follow the rules. Don't get attached. Unfortunately, neither of them is very good at following rules. Between constant arguments, sharp banter, and a growing dependence neither wants to acknowledge, the line between obligation and something far more dangerous begins to blur. But secrets have a way of surfacing, and when everything starts to fall apart, some promises become harder to keep than others. And when the truth finally catches up to them, keeping their promises may cost far more than either of them expected. Rankings: #1 Fake wife 🥇 #1 Coma 🥇 #1 Academic setting 🥇 #2 Troubled past 🥈 #2 in txs 🥈 #3 Trauma bonding 🥉

Lily Evans thought moving to a new city would mean freedom-a chance to finally stand on her own. Instead, she finds herself overwhelmed, thrown into the middle of a semester she can barely keep up with. Then she meets Professor Angelina Williams. Cold, exacting, and impossible to please, Williams seems to take a particular interest in Lily's every mistake. Their encounters quickly turn into a quiet battle of wit and will, neither willing to give in, neither willing to look away. What begins as friction becomes something harder to ignore-an attraction neither of them wants to name. So they don't. They set boundaries, keep it simple, keep it physical. No feelings. No complications. They said it meant nothing. Until it doesn't. #1 lesbianromance #1 saphic #1 teacher #1 fxf #1 vibes #1 bitter #1 teacherspet #1 bdsm relationship #1 wlw (slowburn) (wlw) (erotic)

Professor x Student | wlw | Age gap Lily Miller is a responsible, kind-hearted twenty-year-old who fell in love with philosophy as a child. She's had her fair share of worries all the way from her father's death to carrying the weight of her mother's struggles on her shoulders. She's used to being the strong one and smiling through life no matter how hard it gets. When Lily starts at a new school she quickly becomes interested in the ethics and morality teacher who commands the classroom with her gaze alone. Most students have already made their mind up about her: strict, cold, ruthless. But Lily sees past the masks Heidi Harrington hides behind. Is Heidi unable to resist the effect Lily has on her? Will the two women find in each other what they've long stopped believing in? Highest rankings: #1 olderwomen #1 philosophy #1 lesbianromance #1 txs #1 girlfriend #1 womensfiction #2 femxfem #3 lesbianfiction #4 wlw #5 sapphic #6 womanxwoman

WLW | Age Gap | Professor x Student Bree thought the upcoming school year would be boring and uneventful. But falling in love with her professor proved otherwise. Bree Delaney is a 21-year-old history major who tries to balance between her busy schedule at work, school and maintaining friendships and seeing her family. She didn't plan on adding anything else to her plate. But that was before the new professor caught her eye. Dahlia Callahan, 46, has returned to work after taking a year off to write a book about the feminism movement. She's recently divorced and the last thing she thought would happen upon her return to campus was that she would catch feelings for a student. But even though she's used to planning her life, turns out everything can't be planned. Will Bree and Dahlia accept their feelings for each other? Will they survive a scandal that could bring both of them down? Highest rankings: #1 olderwomen #1 historyteacher #1 womenlovewomen #1 womensfiction #1 txs #2 womanxwoman #7 girlfriend #8 femxfem

Alex Brookes, 18, never saw it coming - falling for her charming teacher, Ms. Bach, 32. Recently single, Ms. Bach thought love was off-limits. But Alex changes everything. As the school year progresses boundaries begin to blur together and a relationship blossoms between the two. Mature Content Warning: Consensual Adult Relationship (GxG, TeacherxStudent)

When nineteen-year-old Emilia starts her first year at university, she's determined to leave her past behind and finally prove she belongs somewhere. Architecture was supposed to be her fresh start-a place to disappear into floor plans and future dreams. But then there's her. Professor Sophia Voss. Brilliant. Composed. Distant. Untouchable. Until she isn't. Drawn to each other by something neither of them dares to name, Emilia and Sophia find themselves trapped in a connection that defies logic, rules, and every boundary they swore they'd never cross. What begins in silence soon turns into stolen glances, late-night thoughts, and moments too intimate to forget. But secrets don't stay quiet forever-and the line between right and wrong begins to blur. __________________ A slow-burning, emotional story about forbidden love, identity, and the parts of ourselves we hide-until someone sees them.

Delphine Cartier is a French tutor and a woman who has spent years keeping the world at a careful distance. When Angelique Daniels shows up to her tutoring lesson with shadows under her eyes and bruises she won't explain, Delphine notices. But she doesn't ask. That's not who she is. Until Angelique has nowhere else to go. And Delphine opens her door anyway. ____ Trigger Warnings: This story contains depictions of abusive relationships, physical assault, emotional manipulation and non-consensual touching. Please prioritize your well-being while reading.