My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 65

Enzo’s POV

“Dee, you are mistaken,” I said, shaking my head with disgust all over my face. “Bethany is certainly not my mate and Lila shouldn’t be thinking such things.”

Dee stared up at me as I stood to my feet with alarmed eyes.

“I’m so sorry. I just thought—”

“You’ve been thinking wrong. Why did you think such a thing?” I asked, keeping my eyes locked on hers.

“Because Bethany mentioned it…”

“Bethany? She’s the one who told you that she’s, my mate?” I asked in disbelief.

“Yes,” Dee said nodding her head. “But she’s been using the fact that she’s your mate to get me to do her bidding. I wanted to be kind to her for your benefit… I had no idea she was lying to me.”

“She was,” I muttered. “Has she been cruel to you?”

“Nothing I can’t handle.”

“That’s not what I asked,” I said, narrowing my eyes.

“She’s been fine,” Dee answered, but I knew she was lying.

Bethany had crossed the line and now Lila was thinking that Bethany was my mate. She couldn’t have believed that right? Lila is my mate and Lila knows that.

Right?

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Lila’s POV

I’m not sure what time it was when I fell asleep. Rachel was up for most of the night; I could hear her tossing and turning in her bed while I lay in the cot, the nurse was kind enough to get me.

I didn’t think I’d be able to sleep at all, but eventually, I found myself drifting off into a deep sleep and then I woke up the next morning with the faint sunlight peering through the window curtains on the far side of the room.

I sat up on the cot and looked around the room, groggily, for a moment before my eyes landed on the empty bed in front of me.

I gasped loudly as I scrambled to get to my feet.

Rachel wasn’t in bed.

Just before the panic started to set in, she walked into the room. She looked like she’s been crying for most of the night. She had her arms wrapped around her body, hugging herself tightly as tears fell from her red eyes.

Her hair was the most undone I have ever seen, and it wasn’t often that she didn’t wear makeup, but it seems she cried off all the makeup from yesterday.

My heart tugged painfully in my chest seeing her appearance and I wished there was more that I could do for her at that moment. But I knew there wasn’t.

I felt so helpless.

“He’s still stable… but they won’t let me see him,” she croaked, walking back to her bed.

“You should try to get some rest, Rachel,” I told her, walking with her to her bed. “School has been canceled for the week, so you can get plenty of rest.”

“I don’t think I can…” she said, sliding into bed and under the covers. “It just hurts too much…”

“I know it does… but there’s no use in stressing over things we can’t control,” I tell her, sitting down at her bedside. “Until we know for sure what’s going to happen, try not to think too much about it.”

“You shouldn’t have to stay here any longer with me…” Rachel breathed sadly, pressing her knees to her chest. “You’ve been here all night.”

“It’s not like I have much of anything to do right now,” I told her.

But just as I said those words, I remembered I start my job tonight and we were supposed to have the committee meeting today. Then again, the school was canceled for the week, so that would automatically cancel the meeting as well.

I decided to grab my phone anyways and sent a group message to the other members, just to let them know that the meeting was officially cancelled.

“I’ll be right back. I need to call Cassidy-Ann,” I say as I leave the room.

I brought Cassidy’s number up on my phone screen and waited with patience for her to answer.

“Hello, this is Cassidy-Ann,” she said cheerfully into the phone.

“Hi, Cassidy-Ann. This is Lila. How are you?”

“Oh, Lila! I was just thinking about you. The fire near your school was all over the news. I was a little worried because I heard a lot of the students at the academy were there and got injured. You weren’t there too, were you?”

“I was…” I admitted.

“Oh, Goddess,” Cassidy-Ann breathed. “I’m so sorry to hear that. Have you been injured? Are you okay?”