Sid  Leclair  doesn’t beg, bend, or break. She doesn’t ask for permission — she inherits power and watches the world shape itself around her last name. Daughter of Richard  Leclair , the man billionaires fear and governments don’t say no to, Sid walks through life like she owns it.

Because in most ways, she does.

So when a newly hired professor at her elite university dares to call her out — publicly, sharply, without flinching — she doesn’t know whether to be offended… or intrigued.

Theo Arden is brilliant, principled, and frustratingly indifferent to who she is. He sees through the designer armor, the biting sarcasm, the curated chaos — and still doesn’t care. After an explosive confrontation in class, he gives her detention.

Every day.
Alone.
With him.

It’s supposed to be punishment.
But it becomes a standoff.

The more they clash, the more the heat builds. Between whispered insults and loaded silences, something forbidden simmers in the air — something dangerous enough to ruin them both. Because Theo may be the only person who’s ever told Sid no… and the only one she can’t stop thinking about.

Power. Pride. And a pull neither of them can escape.
In a world where everyone plays games, they might be each other’s only truth — and their greatest downfall.

I was told  the freshmen this were here were entitled.


They didn't mention they'd arrive in a black Mustang like it was a crown.


I watched from the faculty building's second-floor window, coffee cooling in my hand, as she stepped out like she wasn't stepping onto campus — she was stepping on it.


The girl was all angles and arrogance. Designer sunglasses. Barely-there patience. An entourage of stares trailing her like perfume.


Heard their names whispered in courtrooms and case studies.


They didn't follow rules — they rewrote them with gold ink and their fathers' last names.


But I wasn't hired to flatter legacies.


And I wasn't afraid of the girl in the Mustang.


Chapter 2 - "The professor"