She walked into my classroom, clutching her notebook like it was armor.
She didn’t know she was already mine.
I’m Mateo Cruz—professor, AI ethicist, and co-creator of the secret algorithm that finds your one true match.
I helped build the system that told powerful men who they were destined for.
I never expected it to turn on me.
When Lucas ran my data through the algorithm, I said yes out of curiosity.
A joke. A distraction.
Then I saw her profile.
Emma Collins.
Brilliant. Curious. Too young.
My student.
So I took a position at her small college in Rhode Island—a guest professorship they called “an honor.”
They don’t know I’m here for her.
To meet her.
To claim her.
She thinks I’m here to teach her about AI ethics.
But she’s about to learn what it means to break every rule.
I’ll give her everything.
My mind. My devotion.
My surrender.
Because when the algorithm says she’s yours… You don’t argue with fate.