My Professor Is My Alpha Mate

Enzo's POV

"You went to the art show, Enzo?” Connie nearly hissed, stepping in front of me as I sat on the couch in my living room.

"What are you even still doing here, Connie?” I muttered, kicking off my shoes. “Didn't your contract end a week ago?”

She pouted, folding her arms across her chest.

“Yes,” she answered. “But I don't have anywhere else to go. I'm in between jobs and my next contract doesn't start for another couple of weeks.”

“So, why can't you stay elsewhere?”

“I don’t know anyone on this part of the continent,” Connie said, shaking her head. “You are my only friend in town, and I'd like to stay close to you. Is that such a crime?”

"Are you going to be a pest the entire time?” I asked, but I meant it almost teasingly despite how dry my tone was.

Connie could see through my humor right away though and rolled her eyes as she sat beside me. “You are trying to avoid the conversation,” Connie pointed out, reminding me just how well she knew me. “You went to the art show.”

This time, it wasn't a question.

“I was invited,” I said in return, loosening my tie. “It would be rude to say no.”

"Why do you keep showing up for her like this? What aren't you telling me?”

“She's my student,” I said to her through gritted teeth. “I went there to be supportive. Besides, I'm her recent painting so it would have been weird if I didn't show up.”

Lila's POV

I should have known that Enzo would be with Connie tonight. My heart was so heavy that it was painful. I allowed my phone to fall from my ears as I clicked the “end call” button

It was probably better this way. Maybe Enzo didn't need to know about this whole thing, going to Monro for a month.

Maybe he wouldn't even care.

I turned off my phone right away and shoved it into my pocket.

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I wasn't going to let him ruin the rest of my night.

I finished with the last of the show, selling numerous pieces of art and mingling with many different wolves.

I thanked everybody for coming before they left.

Once Leroy Klein was ready to leave, he gave me a head nod.

“I hope to hear from you soon, Lila,” he said, giving me another wink as he left.

Nights in my dorm were beginning to get lonely. Rachel was still at the hospital with Ryan. It's been a couple of weeks since the fire at Ryan's parent's house and he still hasn't woken from his coma. Rachel has been staying at the hospital with him until she knows for certain that he’s going to recover.

I woke up in the morning feeling a headache brewing in my temple. I thought about Connie's voice on the other end of Enzo's phone, and I instantly started to feel sick to my stomach.

I had to see Enzo during the shifting and combat course this morning and considering he was not only the professor, but my partner, it was going to be difficult to avoid him.

Maybe I didn't want to avoid him.

Before I could think any more of it, as soon as I finished getting dressed, I heard my cell phone ringing.

"Hello?"

“Lila, it's Mrs. Laurence. Can you come to the school board office before your first class? It's important.”

“Sure, Mrs. Laurence,” I said, but then hesitated for a moment. “Am 1 in trouble?”

“No, you are not in trouble. But we might have a small situation.”

I didn't like the sound of that; I said my goodbyes as I hung up the phone. I didn't waste any more time; 1 only had 30 minutes before my first class. I wasn't even going to have time to run to the cafeteria for a banana smoothie before class.

As I entered the school board office, I paused, startled, when I saw Sarah sitting cross-legged in one of the chairs.

She had a smirk on her face when she saw me, and I knew this wasn’t going to be good.

“Thank you for joining us, Lila. Sarah had brought up the idea of her running the student committee considering she has leadership experience. We were thinking maybe we could have an election?”