My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 155

Third Person POV.

“I told them this might be a little much,” Tyler said, rubbing his hand behind his neck sheepishly.

He looked nervous; her wolf was excited to be around their mate, but Connie was anything but excited. Her plan was to humor Lila and Enzo with this “date” and then properly reject Tyler as her mate.

If Connie wanted to return to her pack and to her father, she needed to marry an Alpha. It was growing painfully obvious that it wasn’t going to be Enzo, which meant she needed to find another unmated Alpha.

However, she also had to admit that Tyler looked rather handsome in his suit. She can tell that Lila and Enzo had something to do with his outfit. It ran a little big on him and she remembered seeing Enzo wear that same outfit not long ago.

They really went out of their way to make this evening seemingly perfect.

But Connie wasn’t huge on fancy restaurants; she found them to be quite tacky. She would rather have something a little quieter.

Maybe when she was younger, she would have liked something like this, but she and her taste had grown over the years. Especially since she started working as a gamma warrior.

“It might be a little too much,” Connie agreed. “But I guess we should get this over with.”

He smiled; he had a nice smile. She fought a smile of her own.

“I’m surprised you went along with this,” he laughed as he led her to their reserved table.

“Truth be told, you aren’t exactly who I envisioned my mate to be,” she said, glancing down at the menu.

Everything was so expensive; how was he going to afford this? What were Enzo and Lila thinking when they chose this place?

“Let me guess, you envisioned a strong Alpha that could make you into a Luna?”

She was going to deny that, but she figured she was going to reject him anyway, she might as well be honest with him. He deserved at least the truth.

“Yes,” she answered. “I truly thought that would be my destiny. To be a luna of a pack. But I guess the goddess wanted me with an Omega. I’ve been called weak my entire life, so I guess that makes sense.”

She thought he would take offense to that, but he just looked at her thoughtfully.

“I don’t really know you, but I’m not getting the weak vibe from you. In fact, I’m pretty sure you could kick my ass.”

She stared at his serious face for a moment and then she couldn’t hold it in any longer; she laughed.

He smiled and glanced down at his menu with a reddened face.

“You have a nice smile,” he said, his grin only growing that much more. “Maybe we can just relax and enjoy the rest of dinner and whatever else they have planned. Then afterward you can reject me, and we can go our separate ways.”

Her eyes widened.

“You knew I was going to reject you this evening?”

“I’m not stupid,” he said in return, meeting her eyes. “I’m also not offended. Maybe we will both meet our second-chance mates. I hear the goddess will grant us a second chance if we are deserving.”

This made Connie quiet; a small ping of hurt formed in her chest.

“I’m not sure I’m deserving,” she admitted. “I’ve done a lot of wrongs.”

“You’re a Gamma warrior I’ve heard. Which means you’ve done a lot of good too. Everybody makes mistakes. It’s how you learn from them and grow that count.”

“Wise words,” she said, peering at him questionably.

She was starting to grow curious about him.

“I’ve had wise role models,” he shrugged.

Just then, the waiter appeared and asked for their drink orders.

“Do you want a bottle of wine?” Tyler asked.

“Do you drink wine?” She asked in return.

“I’m more of a beer drinker. But I don’t mind a glass,” he chuckled, that nervousness returning to him.

She grinned at his response and glanced at the waiter.

“Two beers please,” she ordered.