My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 12

Lila’s POV

“Are you out of your mind?” Rachel shouted as I hung up the phone with Scott. I began toward the door. “You can’t just go there. He could be dangerous.”

“I can’t let him hurt himself,” I say as I grab my coat.

“It’s not your problem to fix, Lila,” she told me, following closely behind.

I paused to look at her.

“He called me; I’m now in his recent phone record. He made it my problem.” She didn’t look convinced so I added, “You didn’t hear him a minute ago… he sounded like he was in pain.”

“Fine, but I’m coming with you,” Rachel said with finality, grabbing her own coat.

I gave her a thankful smile before leaving the room.

I really didn’t like pubs; any kind of bar I tried to stay clear of. I wasn’t much of a drinker, and I certainly didn’t like hanging around drunk people. But from when I dated Scott, I remembered that he enjoyed going to any kind of bar that he could find. He would often drag me to them, and I’d have a miserable time.

By the end of the night, I always had to drag Scott out of the bar. I guess now that we are broken up, things aren’t much different. It made me wonder where his new girlfriend, Sarah, was. This should be her job now.

“There he is,” Rachel muttered, pointing at the bar. Scott was surrounded by a bunch of empty glasses and practically hanging off his bar stool.

I sighed before approaching him.

“Scott?” I said, placing my hand on his back. He jerked in the seat, nearly falling over as he opened his eyes, fixating his gaze on me.

“You came,” he said in a slurred whisper; instantly the scent of beer and whisky hit my nose, causing me to wince. “I should have never cheated on you. Please, forgive me Lila…”

“Let’s just get you home, Scott,” I said to him, trying to help him off the stool.

He leaned against me for support.

“I want to treat you so good, baby… I’m so sorry…” he sounded completely out of it.

“What’s he even saying?” Rachel whispered from beside me.

I gave her a shrug.

“I have no idea, but grab his other arm and help me get him out of here.”

She grabbed his other arm and together we started walking toward the exit.

As soon as we reached the door, I heard his friends cheering and howling at us.

“Yeah, Scott!! Get some action!!”

“Ow ow!!”

I rolled my eyes as I pushed open the door. I had never been more relieved to be outside than I did at that moment.

“I’ll go get the car,” Rachel said, releasing Scott’s arm. “Don’t move.”

She disappeared down the street toward her waiting car. When we arrived, there wasn’t any other parking.

I stood with Scott, leaning against me, waiting for Rachel’s return when he started murmuring something against my ear.

“I love you, Lila. Please forgive me…”

“Scott, you are talking nonsense,” I tell him.

The image of him with Sarah in the halls invaded my mind. The memory of that feeling; the heaviness I had felt in my heart. That moment of weakness where all I wanted to do was cry. The betrayal I felt.

He lifted his head off my shoulder so he could take in my face.

“Look at me,” he ordered.

When I didn’t respond, his anger was sudden.

He grabbed my face with force and made me look into his dark and hungry eyes, catching my breath in my throat.

“I said look at me,” he growled.

“Scott—”

“You never pleased me,” he said between his teeth. “Then I see you kissing that Professor guy. Do you have any idea how that made me feel?”

“I’m sorry if I upset you, however—”

“You are such a tease,” he continued, interrupting me. “Now I want what you deprived me.”

I wasn’t afraid of Scott, but there was something in his eyes that sent a chill down my spine; my heart thudded violently against my chest and suddenly, I felt frozen.

He grabbed onto my wrist, pulling me toward him. As his arms closed around my body, I realized what was happening. Before I could wrap my mind around what he was doing, he was already pushing me against the brick building that sat behind us.