Stripped

Christopher: Responsible. Stable. Boring. I'd heard those words my whole life, and the worst part was, I couldn't argue with them. Then my brother dragged me to a strip club called Nocturne, and a man on stage sent a silver bracelet sailing over the crowd like he already knew where to find me. The metal was still warm when I caught it.

Mateo: Stripping wasn't the plan. When my mom got sick, I needed real money fast, and Nocturne paid. I know how to read a room. I know the difference between someone watching the show and someone actually looking at me. The quiet professor in the back wasn't watching the show. That was new.

I had no interest in that version of him. But he was still holding my bracelet.

Opposites attract - Low angst - Age-gap romance
First in the Greenford University series - each book a standalone