Eva Talesmith

Freya Maiden always believed she was unlucky. Her mother passed away from cancer, leaving her completely alone. She couldn’t afford tuition or living expenses, so she had to take on part-time jobs. To make things worse, after entering university, she encountered a notoriously strict professor—Clarence Finerman. He monitored her every move, harshly scolding her for the smallest mistakes. Even when she was bullied by her classmate, Stella, Clarence insisted it was Freya’s fault.
Until one day, Freya discovered Clarence’s attention had a purpose. He was the legal advisor to billionaire Jack Ramaswamy, who had died months earlier, leaving behind a will that entrusted his trillion-dollar fortune to an illegitimate daughter.
The heiress’s name?
Freya Maiden.

Heiress and Her Dangerous Professor

By the time I was done cleaning up at Clarence’s place, my arms were sore, my back ached, and my head buzzed with everything strange that had passed between us. The coffee. The conversation. And the most unnerving of all—his concentrated gaze, settling on my skin like he was trying to pry me open and look at the version of me that lived underneath.


I didn’t stick around to make it weirder.


I just grabbed my things, thanked him again, and stepped outside.


And that’s when I realized my second mistake of the night.


Not the soft, misty kind that clings politely to your jacket, but the kind that meant business. The sky above was an ugly patchwork of gray, and sheets of water were already spilling down like someone up there had finally cracked.


I stared at it, blinking once, twice. No umbrella. Of course.


Chapter 29: Special