My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 42

Enzo’s POV

“Hey, Enzo!” Bastien called me over from across the exhibit.

He was with a few other Alphas.

I wondered if they saw me leaving the bathroom area with Lila trailing behind me. But when I turned to glance in Lila’s direction, she wasn’t there.

She was smart; she must have been waiting a couple of minutes before she walked out of the bathroom.

“I was just telling the guys of your efforts to find the person who poisoned my daughter,” Bastien said with a proud smile as I approached.

It oddly enough made me feel good that he was praising me for something I would have done without him asking me to. It shouldn’t have mattered what Bastien thought, but for some reason, I was finding myself almost wanting his approval.

Perhaps because he was the head of the committee and if I get in good with him, I can secure my future.

“If that’s what you want to tell yourself,” Max teased.

“I can’t thank you enough,” Bastien continued, patting me on the back of my shoulder.

I nodded to him.

“I wish more happened,” I confessed. “A suspension doesn’t seem like a good enough punishment.”

“There’s not much we can do when Alpha Steven is her father. He funds the school, and the board is afraid to go against him,” Alpha John said, shaking his head with dismay written all over his face.

Everybody has a specific role they play to make sure the kingdom runs as smoothly as possible. While Alpha Bastien is the head of the Alpha committee and oversees the decisions made for the kingdom, the board is in charge of the academy.

However, it’s no secret that they fear Alpha Steven, despite him only funding the school, and not owning it.

Bastien has to constantly remind him of that.

But when it comes to his daughter, the board wasn’t going to take any chances.

Without Alpha Steven’s money and scholarship programs, there wouldn’t be a school. He also funds the primary schools around the kingdom, the hospitals, and multiple charities.

“Karma will come around in due time,” Bastien said, eyeing me carefully. “So will good Karma for your good deed, Enzo. Let me take you out for a drink. I could use a round or two.”

My frown deepened as I stared around at all the Alphas who were staring back at me.

I don’t usually go out drinking with them, so it would be a weird change of events.

“Come on, Enzo. Come out with us,” another Alpha said with a broad smile. “It’s a weekend and you’re still young!”

I reluctantly agreed.

I was sure I was going to regret this though.

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Lila’s POV

“You remember…” I said, sounding as defeated as I felt.

Her eyes were curious as she stared around my face; she didn’t seem frightened of me but confused.

“Yes,” she answered, and she said nothing more as she looked back down at her phone; almost like she was dismissing me altogether.

My heart was heavy.

“I heard that you didn’t…” I breathed, glancing at my feet in shame.

“I lied,” she admitted; she said that so casually that for a moment, I stopped breathing.

“Why would you lie?” I asked, glancing back over at her. She glanced up at me and narrowed her eyes.

“I didn’t want you to get in trouble if it were truly an accident,” she said. “Was it an accident?”

I took a step closer to her with pleading eyes.

“Of course, it was an accident, Becca. I got distracted and I—”

“Electrocuted me…” She finished the sentence for me; her words were firm and cut through me like a knife. I couldn’t help but flinch. “You are a Volana wolf, and you lost control of your powers. Sarah had said you were dangerous, and you couldn’t be trusted. I didn’t believe her at the time because you were always so kind to me. But now…” her voice trailed off as she glanced back at her phone.