My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 28

Lila’s POV

I took a step backward as children came running toward me. Their excited faces lit up as they got closer.

“I can’t believe we are actually meeting you!” One of the girls said happily. “You are a legend around here!”

“A legend?” I asked, raising my brows in pure confusion. I glanced over at Dee who had a smile on her face. “I don’t understand…”

“You fought the bad guys and saved that woman!” One of the kids explained. “Everybody is talking about it!”

“Word travels fast,” Dee said with a shrug. “You are like a hero to the kids.”

“We want to be just like you!”

“Teach us how to fight!

“We want to fight like the incredible Lila!”

I must have looked as shocked as I felt because Dee started laughing at my expression as she stood beside me.

“Can you teach us, Lila?” One of the kids asked again.

I always had a soft spot for children and saying no to them didn’t sit right with me. As I stared around at all the eager faces, I knew it would be impossible to refuse them this.

“Of course, I’ll teach you,” I told them.

To my surprise, they all started cheering and clapping. My face grew incredibly warm at the sudden attention I was receiving.

Enzo had gone to help some of the men of the pack with setting up the equipment before the bake sale began.

I was surprised the kids weren’t asking Enzo to be their teacher. He was incredibly skilled in combat, and he was their Alpha.

I glanced over at Enzo in the distance; I was thinking he wasn’t paying any attention to me, but to my surprise I see his eyes wandering in my direction.

His brows knitted together in such a formation that I laughed out loud; I knew this was going to bother him.

I turned away from him to face the kids.

“Let’s pick a day and I’ll come to teach you everything I know about fighting,” I tell them.

They all looked at one another before they began shouting out random days of the week.

“Tuesday!”

“Friday!”

“No, Saturday!!”

Another smile tugged at my lips.

“How about Sunday?” I suggest.

Sunday would be the best time because I don’t have classes or homework usually.

“Okay!” They all said in unison with more cheering and laughing.

“Okay, children. Let the adults finish setting up for the sale,” Dee said coming around the large table the baked goods sat upon. “Run along and play.”

“Okay Miss Deanna,” some of them said as they took off toward the playground.

“Bye Dee! Bye, Lila!” The others said as they took off as well.

I stared after them for a long while, shaking my head with dismay written all over my face.

“It’s sweet that they look up to you,” Dee chuckled.

“It’s surreal,” I said in return. I glanced back over at Enzo who was no longer looking at me. “But why didn’t Enzo tell me that everyone was talking about this?”

Dee frowned and glanced in Enzo’s direction.

“I don’t think he knew. He’s been in his own little world the last few days,” she explained.

I turned to face Dee.

“Because of his mother?”

She paused what she was doing; I could tell this wasn’t a subject she wanted to talk about. What was it about Enzo’s mother that bought everyone’s silence?

Dee eventually sighed and peered over at me from her side eyes.

“Enzo has always been very close to his mother; when he heard that she was hurt, it destroyed him. So, I don’t blame him for being in his own little world,” she explained.

“If he was so close to his mother, why hadn’t he mentioned much about her?” I asked.

I was finding it hard to believe that he was really that close to her if he doesn’t talk about her that much. I’m close to both my parents and I talk about them all the time.

Of course, I don’t say that. I just wait patiently for Dee to speak again.

“Enzo doesn’t talk much about family,” Dee said; she was no longer looking at me. She was hiding something. “I wouldn’t take it personally.”