THE ALGORITHM OF THE FORBIDDEN HEART

Teacher x Student | WLW | Intense Slow Burn | Psychological Thriller | Obsession

Carla Petrova has always believed in the Absolute Control of numbers-not in her past, not in the chaotic feelings she keeps locked away. Haunted by a trauma she desperately seeks to outrun and a genius that demands perfection, she hides her fragility behind sharp competence and silence, fighting battles no one seems to notice.

But everything changes when she meets the one person who sees through her shield.

Professor Donatella Vianelli-Columbia's new star in Quantitative Modeling. Intimidating, clinically brilliant, and far too perceptive for Carla's comfort. Beneath her flawless posture lies something relentless, something that mirrors the chaos inside Carla more than either of them dares to admit.

What begins as academic mentorship soon twists into something neither of them can control-a connection that burns too bright, too dangerously. As control collides with primal terror, deep wounds are exposed, and the line between discipline and destruction begins to blur.

And when a tense classroom dynamic culminates in an unwanted touch, Carla finds herself pulled into a spiral of self-harm and flight, hunted not only by the past that lurks in the shadows, but by the relentless obsession of her professor.

Because with Donatella Vianelli, nothing stays hidden for long. Not the truth behind Carla's trembling hands. Not the trauma beneath her surface. And not the intense connection that could destroy them both.