Permission to Fall, Prof! (English Version)

She was supposed to earn a PhD, not fall for the man grading her future.

Mina Alaya had her path all mapped out. A brilliant thesis, a quiet semester and a graceful exit from the whispers that never seemed to leave her alone. Calm, poised and guarded, she never let anyone get too close. Especially not in a world where ambition demanded every part of her.

Then came the storm she didn't expect.

Her supervisor retired without warning. Her deadlines grew heavier. And into the chaos stepped Prof. Dr. Luth Mirza. The new, enigmatic professor with a gaze that saw too much and a voice that left too little to ignore.

He wasn't just her lecturer.
He was her neighbour.
He was her undoing.

What began as polite tension soon blurred into something softer, deeper and far more dangerous. In stolen glances and quiet conversations, Alaya finds herself slipping. His presence makes her feel seen for the first time.

This is not a typical campus romance. It's a story about two guarded souls caught between duty and desire, pride and vulnerability. The quiet, aching kind of love that creeps in when you're too busy trying not to fall.

Sometimes, the heart doesn't ask for permission. It just leaps.