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My gaze remained fixed on the boy before me. His deep blue eyes scanned my body, and I couldn't help but quiver under his intense gaze. His eyes held an inscrutable expression that eluded my understanding, no matter how hard I tried. Swallowing the lump in my throat, I mustered the courage to leave the classroom, but he stepped closer, cornering me against the rough wall. His arm blocked my path, his presence overwhelming.

I tried to speak, my voice faltering. "Uhm...Richard, I need to go," I managed to stammer.

What was this boy doing to me? Was I...falling for him? Falling for the prime suspect in my fiancée's murder? This couldn't be real!

"You know you want me, Jade. You know you love me. And I must admit, I LOVE YOU TOO, my lovely substitute teacher," he declared, his gaze unwavering and a tempting smirk playing on his handsome face. One of his arms moved, fingers slowly tracing down my neck, sending shivers down my spine.

"I am older than you, Richard. I am your teacher. Please, stop," I pleaded, my voice barely audible. Richard sneered, bending down to my level and whispered in my ear.

"Are you REALLY older than me, baby? Are you really?" His words dripped with sarcasm and mockery, making my heart race.

If Richard discovers my true identity, I am doomed. He's been suspicious of me since I arrived here, and if he reveals the truth...

I won't find Jackson's murderer, the killer of my beloved, my fiancé. No! I can't let that happen.

Richard studied me intently, then smirked. "I know who you—" Before he could finish, I impulsively grabbed his face and pressed my lips against his, a surprising and unexpected move that stunned both of us.

...

After the tragic murder of her fiancé on their engagement night, Jade Halvoc embarks on a perilous quest to find his killer—the man she was destined to marry since birth.

Her first stop, Sunford College, where she assumes the role of a substitute teacher. Here, she encounters her initial suspect.

Richard Brune, the son of a notorious mafia lord, embodies the prototype of the forbidden bad boy every mother warns her daughter about. A playboy by nature, Richard's gaze lands on a mysterious woman who turns out to be Jade.

As their relationship evolves, will Jade be swayed by Richard's charms or will she manipulate him for her own ends?

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