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My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 63

Lila’s POV

“Miss Lila?” A nurse said, walking up to us, before Enzo had a chance to answer my question. “I’m sorry to interrupt your conversation. But Miss Rachel is asking for you. She just woke up and you’re the first person she wants to see. She’s calm now if you’d like to see her.”

I stood up quickly.

“She’s awake already?” I asked.

I wasn’t expecting her to wake up this soon but the nurse nodded.

“We only gave her a small sedative that lasted less than an hour. It was just to calm her and it seemed to have worked,” the nurse explained.

I glanced back down at Enzo who remained in his seat; he was staring at me with a darkened gaze. I could tell there was stuff he wanted to say to me; perhaps he wanted to answer my question. But he remained quiet and continued to stare at me.

My heart flipped in my chest, but I had to go see Rachel, so I turned away from him and went with the nurse to the backroom where Rachel’s room was.

Rachel lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling, with tears staining her fair features. I could tell it was taking everything she had not to lose control and start crying at that moment.

My heart squeezed painfully in my chest; I couldn’t imagine what she must have been going through.

The amount of pain she must have been feeling.

I couldn’t even fathom it.

The nurse left us alone and I wasn’t really sure what to say so I sat down at her bedside and waited for her to say something instead.

“They won’t tell me anything…” she croaked. “Last I saw of him he was crashing, and they were thinking he was going to die…”

“He’s still alive,” I tell her quickly, trying to shut down whatever thoughts were invading her mind.

She almost looked relieved; she closed her eyes and released a couple of stray tears that lingered in her eyes.

“Do they know if he’s going to be okay?”

“He’s stable for right now; they are keeping him monitored and will know more at a later time,” I explain.

She doesn’t say anything to that. I reach over and touch her hand, trying to provide her with some sort of comfort.

“Rachel… I’m so sorry…” I breathed. “I can’t imagine what you are going through.”

“You know… Ryan saved me…” she breathed, keeping her eyes closed.

“In the fire?” I asked.

“In high school,” she answered.

“I had no idea you’ve known him for that long.”

“I was angry when I first met him,” she admitted. “But he was always kind to me regardless of how angry I would get.”

“How did he save you?”

“I don’t know if I ever talked to you about my home life… but it’s not a good place,” she told me; she opened her eyes so she could peer over at me. “My father was incredibly abusive…”

I couldn’t help the gasp that came out of my mouth. I instantly covered my mouth with my hands and stared at her in shock.

“He was an alcoholic and he abused me and my mother for most of my life. My mother ended up leaving… she left me behind…”

“Oh, Rachel…” I breathed.

My heart shattered for her, and I didn’t know what else to say to her.

“Bears are naturally known for their tempers and my father was incredibly temperamental. The smallest things would set him off. Living at home was like walking on eggshells. I could never do anything right by him. I would go to school with bruises that just wouldn’t heal.”

“Because bears don’t have a quick healing ability like wolves do?” I asked.

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