My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 144

Lila’s POV

Was he laughing?

I had never seen Enzo laughing before and for some reason, it was warming my heart immensely.

He had a really nice smile and an even better laugh.

Enzo was also a very good dancer, and I never took him for someone who could dance. He never did this kind of thing at home. At least I didn’t think so.

But he moved effortlessly like he’s done this a million times before.

I was surprised when he took my hand and suggested we danced.

Everybody had their attention on us, and they were cheering us on and dancing along.

“What a beautiful couple!” I heard a couple of girls saying.

“She’s so lucky; he’s so handsome!”

“She’s gorgeous. He’s the lucky one!”

“They dance beautifully together.”

I beamed up at Enzo, his face illuminating under the crystal lighting of the art gallery. His smile lit up the entire room and my heart raced in my chest.

At that moment, our horrible talk this morning completely faded from my mind. I couldn’t even remember why I was upset with him in the first place.

He wrapped me in his arms and spun me around again. Then, he put his hands on my waist and lifted me above his head; I did a flip over him and landed on the ground behind him. He laughed again as he turned around to face me.

The song began to slow down, and I knew this indicated the end of the tune. We were both breathing heavily, only inches from one another.

He kept his eyes locked on mine for only a moment before they shifted to my lips.

Was he going to kiss me?

In front of everybody?

I could hear some coercing him to do just that, but he paused as he neared me with his face. He ran his hand down the side of my face, sending a shiver throughout my body. He tucked a long strand of hair behind my ear, and I felt my entire body warm.

The applause brought my mind back to reality and I was able to snap myself out of the moment, taking a step away from him.

Everybody was cheering loudly for us, and I couldn’t help but laugh. He laughed too, but it faded shortly after, and his demeanor went back to normal.

“I really should get back to work,” I said, clearing my throat. “Thank you for the dance.”

He didn’t say anything, but he nodded and watched as I went back toward Cassidy-Ann.

…

Over the course of the next 24 hours, Enzo and I didn’t really talk much. Mainly because I’ve been working so much. I was excited for the weekend when I could finally take a couple of days off and enjoy Monstro.

I was craving some beach time.

It was Thursday, which meant we had class today. I was dreading seeing Matty. Since the banquet yesterday, I knew it was going to be weird seeing him. But I had to maintain a professional attitude.

Enzo expressed this morning that he didn’t feel comfortable with me being in the same area as Matty, so he came with me to the class and sat in the back corner.

Matty wouldn’t dare try anything with Enzo sitting so close by. Not that I really needed Enzo to protect me against him. I could have handled myself just fine. I was very good at combat and could fight him with ease; I think Enzo had forgotten that over the course of the weeks, we’d been away from home.

Cassidy-Ann went into the lessons for the day. This time she had given a canvas to work on and started with some basic artwork and worked on making more elegant pieces based on the basic shapes.

Their assignments for the evening were to create 5 more art pieces using their assigned basic shapes.

“Don’t forget, we have dinner this evening,” Cassidy-Ann reminded me just as I was packing up my own stuff. “6:00 pm, I’ll send you the details.”

“I’ll see you there,” I said to her, joining Enzo who waited for me at the door.

…

“How many did we do for sales this week?” Cassidy-Ann asked as she sipped her red wine. She sat across the table from me, and Enzo sat beside me.

“52,” I answered. “$350,000 worth of sales. There’s a couple more I need to invoice later.”

“I knew this trip would be a success. Let’s try to get even more next week. Oh, and I have a bonus for you. I’ll leave it on your desk in the morning. Great job so far, Lila. Keep it up, and there will be more than that came from.”