Top Ratings : #1 bottom ( 15.04.2026) #6 bl ( 25.04.2026 ) #3 top ( 16.05.2026) #3 loveislove ( 17.05.2026 ) #1 British ( 26.05.2026) #1 loveislove ( 31.05.2026 ) "I hate you," he said...his voice trembling with fury. "I hate your voice. I hate the very sound of your breathing." Before he could walk away, fingers curled around his collar, slamming him against the wall. A whisper followed...low, dangerous, and sealed like a dark promise. "It isn't hatred," he murmured. "It's love. Whether you accept it or not." "Lies," came the broken reply. "Everything you've said is a lie." "Yes, I lied," he admitted calmly. "And I'll lie again if I have to. I'll do anything....but I will never let you walk away from me." The cold sting of a syringe pressed into his skin. ~~~~●●●●~~~~~●●●●~~~~~~~~●●●●~~~~~●●●~~ Agniv Mehra, a 24-year-old Indian student, arrives in New York carrying ambition, rebellion, and a past he refuses to speak about. He doesn't follow orders. He never has. Karen Craves, a 32-year-old British professor, is authority personified-controlled, commanding, and dangerously unreadable. Everyone listens to him. Everyone obeys. Except Agniv. Two men.Two secrets. One Line should never meant to be crossed When stubborn defiance collides with ruthless obsession, boundaries blur, lies deepen, and control becomes addictive. Is this love...or something far more merciless? And when the truth finally surfaces... will either of them survive it? Tropes & Themes ●Top Student × Bottom Professor ●Dark Academia ●Power Play ●Age Gap (8 years) ●Mild BDSM ●Lies & Manipulation ●Good Boy Kink ●Indian × British ●Hidden Identities ●Obsession vs Control

They called it an arranged marriage. But somewhere between stolen glances, late-night Maggi, and rain-soaked kisses, we stopped being strangers and started being each other's home.

~A story of secret glances, stolen smiles, skipped heartbeats, and shy confessions between scribbled pages.🥀🌙✨ ♡♡~༚♡♡~༚♡♡~༚♡♡~༚♡♡~༚♡♡~༚♡♡ •Veeransh Singhania - the school's golden boy: rich, brilliant, charming, effortlessly perfect. Perfect boy, star athlete, every hallway crush-yet under that flawless smile hides a quiet softness only one boy has ever touched. •Hriday Mittal - the shy, chubby sweetheart in the back row: gentle, introvert, warm, lost in stories and sugar cookies. He hides behind baggy hoodies and round glasses, convinced his secret crush could never look back at him the same way. They've been carrying quiet crushes for longer than they dare admit. But hidden glances and soft, stolen moments have a way of colliding-and when they do, nothing will ever be the same. 💘🎀✨ INDIAN BL BXB SCHOOL LOVE FLUFFY CRUSH POPULAR X SHY [Pictures used are from Pinterest and belong to the rightful owners.] Thank you ❤️✨