My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 171

Enzo’s POV

“You think they know that Lila is my mate??” I asked, staring at her in disbelief.

If they did know, they played it off cool. I never suspected that they could know anything. I suddenly felt extremely nervous.

I wondered if Lila knew that they knew.

“Yes,” my mother said, stifling a laugh. “It explains why he appointed you, out of anybody, to keep an eye on her and go on a trip with her across the world. As opposed to a gamma warrior. He knows you have responsibilities to your pack, but he still pulled you away to tend to his daughter. It’s quite obvious to an outside eye… but it’s even more obvious to a mother.”

I felt stupid; of course, he knew.

“Have you already decided on rejecting her?” My mother then asked with sadness in her tone.

I sighed, but I nodded.

“Yes, but I wanted to wait until after she graduated,” I explained. “Her wolf is still so young that I’m worried if I reject her right now, her wolf will go into permanent hibernation. I didn’t want to do that to her, so I figured I’d wait until she’s stronger.”

“And she knows this?” My mother asked, her brows knitting together.

I nodded again.

I saw a flash of pain in my mother’s eyes.

“You realize that with her knowledge that you want to reject her, it’s basically already rejecting her? I can imagine how much pain she must feel knowing that her fated mate doesn’t want her,” she breathed. “It’s slowly destroying her. Being her mate, you must be able to feel that if you channel her emotions. I know it’s not easy to channel them before you mark her, but you can still do it if you focus hard enough. I feel sad that she’s in that much pain.”

Hearing her words hurt my heart and I felt Max cowering away. He agreed with her; he’s been able to feel her pain and he’s been trying to tell me… but I haven’t been listening.

How could I have been so careless and stupid?

She reached her hand out and grabbed my hand.

“You’ve come here for a reason. Can I assume that reason is that you are rethinking things?” She asked, eyeing me carefully. “Do you no longer wish to reject her?”

I was silent for a moment longer.

“In Monstro… we decided to have a small relationship,” I explained. “We made a promise to each other that it wouldn’t leave Monstro though. That once we returned, we would go back to normal and pretend it never happened. I never anticipated how impossible that would be though. Because since we’ve been back, all I could think about was making her mine.”

“Then what’s stopping you? She’s your mate. You can do that.”

“I already told you; it would put her in danger,” I said, shaking my head.

“Enzo… regardless of who her father is, she’s always going to be in danger. She’s a young and vibrant girl. She’s not always going to have her father’s protection. You said she’s your student, which means she’s always in Higala, which is far from Alpha Bastien’s pack if I’m not mistaken. Being with her might make Paul aware of her, but being away from her could also prove to be dangerous. Because from where I see it, the school year is starting soon… which means she’s in Higala and you aren’t. She’s in danger right now because you aren’t there to protect her.”

I was stunned and silent because my mother was right.

In fact, this semester starts tomorrow, which means Lila is at the academy right now. She didn’t have anyone there to protect her and some of those students weren’t exactly welcoming.

Sarah was also returning to the academy, and I knew she had issues with Lila.