My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 234

Lila’s POV

“You should be practicing your own speech,” Alpha Jonathan said through his teeth as he stared down at his daughter. “Instead of harassing the very students you are supposed to be representing.”

Sarah had gone completely pale and the rest of us wouldn’t dare speak. I don’t think any of us were expecting to see Sarah’s father standing in the middle of our library, staring daggers at Sarah.

He was a very intimidating man, but when he’s angry, he’s even more intimidating.

“I was just—”

“I don’t care,” he said in a low and threatening. “I’ve heard enough. Don’t make me repeat myself because you won’t like what I do next.”

I watched as she swallowed hard and then she nodded, turning back to her wide-eyed and pale-faced friends.

“Let’s go,” she murmured to them.

She didn’t have to say that twice; her friends started scurrying away quickly and Sarah was right behind them, not daring to look back at her father.

Alpha Jonathan remained though and once Sarah was out of me, he turned to me. At first, his expression was unreadable; it left an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach.

“Lila, I apologize for my daughter’s behavior,” he said, shaking his head with dismay written all over his face. “I have no excuses.”

“It’s not your fault, Alpha,” I said, proud that my voice came out strong. “Thank you for stepping in.”

He nodded, but he didn’t smile, instead, he just looked at me for a long and questioning while.

“Have you worked on your campaign at all, Lila?” Alpha Jonathan surprised me by asking; I wasn’t sure how much I should tell him.

Truth be told, I haven’t thought about my campaign at all. But I don’t think that’s something he or Sarah should know, so I nodded.

“I’m almost finished preparing,” I lied. “It’s only a few days away, so I have to be as prepared as possible.

“I agree,” he said in return.

The election was only on Friday and currently, it was Wednesday; as the days neared, I grew even more nervous, but I didn’t want him to know that either so I kept a plastered look on my face.

“What are you doing in our library, Alpha?” The girl I was tutoring surprised me by asking; I shot her a look, but she didn’t seem to notice.

He looked at her, narrowing her eyes.

“Considering I’m the one who paid for this library, I’m in MY library,” he said, sounding calm, but his words were like a whip. “With that being said, I’m planning on renovations, and I need to take a look at what needs to be done before planning anything final.”

“Renovations?” I asked, raising my brows. “To the library?”

“The school in general,” he answered. “It’s a bit outdated, don’t you think?”

“I suppose,” I said thoughtfully. “The art department was planning on creating a large mural for students in the middle of the campus. It’ll represent a little bit of everybody. Would that be safe during renovations?”

“A mural?” He asked, raising his brows. “I don’t believe that was run by me yet.”

“Miss Emily said she’d speak to the board,” I said, my tone going way softer than I meant it.

He didn’t look particularly pleased, but he also didn’t look angry either.

“I guess I’ll have to speak to the board to find out any information around here,” he muttered, shaking his head as he spoke.

“We are asking students around campus to submit a photo that best represents them, and then we are painting these photos as a mural. It’s a project that I pitched to Miss Emily,” I heard myself explaining nervously.

“I see,” he said, clearing his throat. “I’ll be seeing you later, Lila.”

He turned on that note and left through the main entrance of the library. I stared after him frowning and thinking to myself how seriously weird that encounter was.

But brushed the thought of my mind and got back to work tutoring these students.