My Cold-Hearted TA Loved Me to His Last Breath

Synopsis

I was happily waiting for the experiment to end so I could celebrate my one-year anniversary with my boyfriend, Alex Carter. But then, our professor accidentally sent the semester grading sheet to a group chat with over a dozen people. Even though he deleted it right away, I still caught a glimpse that my boyfriend, who was also the TA, had given me the lowest grade in the class. Seeing how embarrassed I was, my lab mates tried to comfort me. "Alex is always super strict, and when it comes to grading, he never goes easy. Emily, seriously, don't let it get to you," one of them said. "Yeah, everyone knows Alex is the nightmare in the whole lab building. Getting a low grade? That's nothing. He's made me cry before, just by scolding me," another chimed in. "Same here. Even the professor never thought I was stupid, but the moment I messed up an experiment, Alex just stared me down and told me to go drop out. I was absolutely terrified," someone else added. Was that really true? But I saw with my own eyes that he gave Sophie the highest grade. Even though Sophie messed up three times, he never got angry. He actually stayed up all night with her, helping her redo the experiments.