My Professor Is My Alpha Mate

#Chapter 98 — Practicing for the finals

Lila's POV

My breathing got caught in my throat; I'm sure my face was showing none of the emotions that my wolf was feeling at that moment.

He was taking long strides across the library and toward our direction. Brody and Becca also noticed him, and they immediately started to study. But I couldn“t bring myself to look away from him. How was he this good-looking?

I could hear Val chuckling at my inner thoughts, and I worked hard to ignore her, but I couldn't help the smile tugging at my own lips.

He finally stopped once he reached our table and his eyes never left mine.

“Let's go,” he said to me, turning away.

He was about to walk toward the door, but I remained unmoving, so he paused and looked back at me with a questioning look.

"Where are we going?” I asked, trying to treat him as professionally as I could with others watching “You wanted to study more for your finals. I'm going to work with you to prepare you for the finals in my class,” he answered, keeping his tone as even as possible.

I glanced at Brody and Becca for a moment, both of them staring at me with raised eyebrows.

“I'm studying with them right now. Maybe later?”

“I have meetings later,” he told me, seemingly annoyed. “It's now or never. I'm incredibly busy and I'm the one doing you the favor.”

"Go ahead,” Becca assured me with a sweet smile. “We can study together later.”

I looked at Brody who didn't look as understanding as Becca, but he didn't argue either.

"Okay," I said, packing up my stuff and shoving it into my backpack. “I'll see you guys later.”

I stood up and followed Enzo out of the library.

The walk to the arena was quiet and it was a little awkward as I trailed closely behind him. As we walked, I heard the snickering of Sarah from nearby. I shouldn't have been surprised to see her with Scott.

Although, part of me thought that maybe they broke up during her time away from school. But his arm firmly around her waist and pulling her closer to him proved otherwise.

They both noticed me as I walked by, and they continued their whispering; only a little more affectionately to try to get to me.

It didn't work though.

l ignored them as I walked past them and toward the arena at the end of the hallway.

Enzo already had his equipment set up and was waiting for us when we arrived. Before I could say or do anything, he took off his shirt and threw it to the ground.

I felt my heart quickening its pace and my face grew incredibly warm.

I remembered how warm I was a few weeks ago when I was at the Nova packhouse and how Enzo helped me relieve some of that pressure.

My face continued to warm at the very memory, and I could feel Val wiggling in delight. I couldn't go into heat right here while we were practicing for the final next week.

I needed to try and keep a calm head.

I didn't realize he was staring at me until he cleared his throat. I looked up at his strong and stern face as he poured his dark eyes into me.

“Are you going to just stand there, are you going to pick a weapon?”

Why would he tell her something like this?

“Seriously, though Enzo... you've gotten careless. Have you lost your mind? In the middle of the arena?!”

“You need to leave, Connie.”

“I'm not going anywhere.”

"Wait—" I found myself saying, trying to recollect my thoughts. “I don't understand. What exactly is going on here? Connie knows?"

I looked up at him with confusion all over my face.

He was still staring at Connie with a deadly look in his eyes.

Actually, they were staring at each other.

“Yes,” he finally said through his teeth. “She knows the truth.”

"Why?" I asked, still staring at him.

"Enzo... did you not tell her about our relationships?” She asked, folding her arms across her chest. “It didn't come up,” he muttered in return.

“Your relationship?” I asked, staring between them both.

Connie rolled her eyes at Enzo and glanced down at me.

“I'm his best friend,” she shrugged. “We've known each other since childhood. His mother practically raised me.”

"What?" I asked, staring up at Enzo in disbelief.

Was he ever going to tell me this information?

“This isn't the time,” he muttered, staring at her without even giving me a second look.

“If not now...then when?” She asked in return, raising her brows. “Are you seriously going to be this careless?”

“I should go,” I said quickly, staring between the two of them.

I couldn't take any more of awkwardness. Enzo finally pulled his eyes away from Connie to look at me. For a moment, I thought I saw compassion.

He narrowed his eyes at me and said, “Okay...”

I looked up at Connie who was still straring at me with her lips firmly pressed together. My face reddened under the intensity of her stares and I found myself glancing at my feet.

I wasn't a nervous person in general, but I felt a little intimidated by her. I needed to look away. “Thank you for practiciting with me,” I said quickly as I went to grab my belongings.

He said nothing as I scurried out of the room.

Just as I walked out of the arena, I was surprised to see Brody walking in my direction.

"Oh, hey,” he said, running his fingers through his hair. “I was coming by to see if you wanted someone to walk you back to your dorm.”

He looked so genuine and polite when he spoke to me that I couldn’t help the smile that tugged at my lips.

“That's very kind of you,” I said in return. “Thank you. I would like that.”

His grin widened and he held out his arm for me to take.

Brody was kind and he felt safe. I knew he was honest with me and he was incredibly strong from what I could tell. I could get used to having him around as my friend.

Enzo's POV

Lila was gone as quickly as Connie came.

Connie was still glaring at me with deadly eyes.

"Seriously, Enzo?” She hissed. “Have you lost your mind?”

"She's my mate, Connie, “ I said, turning away from her.

I was starting to walk toward my belongings. I didn't want to hear any more of what she had to say. All I could think about at that moment was Lila and how incredible she looked and felt against my body. My wolf was going absolutely insane for her. My heart was racing at a quickened speed. “Enzo... are you even listening to me?!” She growled from behind me.

“No, I'm not,” I said firmly in return, turning to glare at her. “This isn't your business, Connie.”

“You could have gotten fired.”

“But 1 didn't,” I said narrowing my eyes at her. “I didn't get fired and I need you to stop.”

She stares at me for a long while, watching as I finished packing my things into my bag.

“I do this because I care about you, Enzo. If you want to keep your job and work on getting the best reputation around the kingdom and being the number one Alpha, then you need to behave yourself and not get caught with your student. Regardless of if she’s your mate or not, you could get into huge trouble.”

I knew she was right, but I no longer wished to discuss this.

I finished grabbing my things and started to leave, but not before pausing and staring over at her. “Please, don't say anything more to her,” I pleaded.

She stared at me for a moment longer.

“Then, don't be stupid again,” she said in return.

I sighed and turned away, leaving the arena.

Just as I got into the hallway, I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket.

I grabbed it and looked at the screen, feeling my heart falling into my stomach and my annoyance surfacing.

"Yes?" I asked on the phone.

"Alpha Enzo? It's Bethany...”

I already knew who it was.

Then, she continued.

“Can we grab dinner?”