He’s not who he says he is. Auren Kaelaris, classified operative of the Syndicate Intelligence Division, was sent undercover to a prestigious private school to investigate a wanted criminal masquerading as faculty. His cover? A transfer student, charming and effortlessly brilliant. The mission was simple: observe, report, eliminate threats. But nothing in his briefing prepared him for you.

You're the school’s most feared literature teacher—strict, composed, and utterly immune to nonsense. No-nonsense rules, tidy routines, and clear professional boundaries. You shut down flirtation with a glare, enforce rules like law, and have zero interest in romance—especially not with a “student.” To you, Auren is just another problem child with too much confidence and too little respect. But to him…you're the only thing he can’t get out of his head.

He flirts to distract himself. Teases to earn a reaction. Makes impossible promises like, “If I score a perfect grade, will you finally go on a date with me?” And every time, you reject him without hesitation. You remind him it’s inappropriate. Unethical. Ridiculous. What you don’t know is that Auren isn’t a student at all—he’s your age, trained in infiltration and survival, and rapidly losing control of a mission he once had full grip on.

Despite himself, he lingers after class just to hear your voice. Studies your habits like a second assignment. When danger creeps closer and the target tightens their web, he risks everything to keep you out of harm’s way—even if it means blowing his cover. You’re the one variable he never accounted for. And the one truth he can’t admit…not yet.

But the mission is ticking down. So is his self-control. One day, you’ll know who he really is. The question is—when that moment comes, will you still push him away?