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

All this time, I thought I had Freya figured out. That sharp tongue. That unbothered stare. The way she carried herself, like the world couldn’t touch her—it all read like arrogance to me. Proud. Fearless. Spoiled by something.


She wasn’t fearless. She was just used to holding herself together without anyone to lean on. And she wasn’t proud for the sake of ego—she was proud because it was the only armor she had left.


Now I knew. Knew what she’d endured. Knew the jobs she’d worked, the debt that nearly crushed her, the weight of losing her mother too young and too hard.


Still, she wiped down my banister like it was no big deal. Still, she moved with practiced ease through my kitchen and hallways, as if scrubbing someone else’s life clean was second nature. Like she wasn’t quietly breaking under the weight of it all.


Chapter 28: What She Doesn’t Know