My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 118

Enzo’s POV

I stood frozen as water attacked my face; as soon as it hit me, I stumbled away, wiping it out of my eyes so I could see clearly.

The look of regret was soon on Lila’s face as she stood to her feet.

I wasn’t mad, but I was having trouble thinking straight about how sexy Lila was looking in that small bikini.

When she took off that bathing suit cover, and I first got a glimpse of her, I nearly lost control of Max right then and there. It took everything I had to do to keep him at bay. But all he wanted to do had his way with her.

She might be our mate, but she was still my student. I wasn’t there as her mate, I was there as her protector, just as Alpha Bastien had requested. He needed someone to keep an eye on her and make sure she didn’t get herself into trouble or get hurt.

I was nothing more than a bodyguard.

“Don’t be too hard on her,” Max pleaded.

“Am I really that big of a hard ass?” I asked my wolf in return, feeling only a little offended.

“You act cruelly to her, and you know he doesn’t deserve it,” he scolded. “She’s our mate and should be treated as such.”

“You know exactly why we can’t treat her like our mate. My father’s men will—”

“Your father’s men aren’t here,” Max reminded me. “Nobody is here. You both are safe and free to do what you want. You can have sex with her all night long and no one would ever find out.”

He was right and the member in my bathing suit also jumped at that idea.

But could I really do this?

Technically this was a business trip. I didn’t want to disrupt the work because of my wolf’s horny needs.

But then she bit onto her bottom lip, chewing on it in her usual nervous fashion and my heart skipped a beat.

I looked around; there wasn’t anyone nearby. Most everyone was off swimming in the distance.

I glanced back down at her and just as she was about to say something, I kicked water at her face, startling her and making her fall backward into the water.

This time, I allowed myself to laugh.

It wasn’t often that I laughed; at least not in front of many people who weren’t a part of my inner circle. But something about Lila brought this side of me out and I felt comfortable enough to allow myself this laughter.

She looked surprised at first; she stared at me as I laughed, and her face grew that much redder. But then she smirked and splashed me again. I splashed her without hesitation, and she burst out into laughter of her own.

Her laugh was musical, and it made me feel this sense of warmth on the inside. She stood to her feet and kicked water at me, but this time she turned away and ran before I could retaliate.

Something about that didn’t sit right with me; I scowled at her and ran after her. She screamed playfully as I neared her. She might have been fast in the water, but I was much faster, and I was driven with determination.

She turned to face me as she ran to see how close I was, and she shrieked when she realized just how close I was to her.

I growled at her, allowing Max to come to the surface only a little bit. He wanted to play too.

Her eyes grew large once she noticed him and then I saw her wolf surfacing as well. I don’t think it was something she could control like I could. As soon as she saw Max, her wolf must have burst through her with excitement.

It only took that moment of pause for me to catch up to her fully and wrapped my arms around her. She gasped as I lifted her off the ground and spun her around, landing both our bodies in the water.

She went underwater for a moment once she surfaced, she laughed a lot and I laughed with her.

I kept my hold around her body, but lightly so she could decide to wiggle out from my grasp or not. She remained still; both of our laughter dying down as we looked into one another’s eyes, seeing our wolves at the edge, and breathing huskily in our ears.