My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 94

Enzo’s POV

I was finishing some work in my office and thinking about what Dee had said about Lila not being able to stand Bethany.

I knew Bethany and Lila had some issues, but I had no idea that she would speak to Dee about it. I didn’t ask, but it made me wonder what kind of things were discussed on the topic.

Bethany was busy packing her things and I could hear her stomping her feet and giving the staff an attitude from my office.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head; she was being ridiculous.

I wasn’t surprised to see her father calling a few minutes later.

“Alpha Enzo. Must you send Bethany back here? It’s still not safe and—”

“I’m going to stop you there,” I said, stopping his words. “She’s overstayed her welcome. She treats my pack members with disrespect, and I won’t tolerate such behavior. I’m sorry that she’s in danger but protecting her isn’t my duty.”

Protecting Lila was my duty.

“I’m sorry she was in such trouble,” he muttered, a little sarcastic.

I didn’t entertain him any further with the phone call and hung up. I was done with that conversation. Before I could fully grasp what had happened, I heard a knocking on the door. I already knew who it was before the door opened.

“Can I come in?” Ethan asked, eyeing me carefully.

My Beta.

“Of course,” I said, raising my brows. “Since when do you ask?”

“I don’t know,” he said, shutting the door behind him as he made his way over to one of the chairs in front of my desk. “Things have been weird lately and I wasn’t sure if you were busy.”

“I am busy, but I always have time to talk to you,” I said with a smirk.

He laughed and shook his head.

“You get all the ladies with that charm. You’ll need to teach me your ways,” he said, leaning back in the chair. There seemed to be something on his mind because he fell silent for a moment. “Speaking of ladies… how’s Lila?”

I was surprised by the question; Ethan and Lila don’t talk regularly and when she’s here, I didn’t even think he liked her that much.

“She’s recovered nicely. I’m taking her back to campus later,” I answered.

He nodded, but the look in his eyes told me there was something more he wanted to discuss.

“That’s good, I’m glad she’s okay,” he breathed, staring down at his hands. “And how are you?”

“Me?” I asked, raising my brows at him again. “What do you mean?”

“I just mean… seeing her in that position probably wasn’t easy for you. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“Beta, what are you going on about?” I couldn’t help but ask him. I was done pretending something wasn’t wrong.

He sighed and met my eyes.

“Were you ever going to tell me that Lila was your mate?”

“What?” I asked, staring at him with a wary expression on my face.

How could he possibly know that? I hadn’t disclosed that information to anybody.

“Maybe because you nearly fall to your knees when she’s in the area,” Max snickered. “You make it obvious.”

“I don’t make anything obvious,” I said in return. “The less people who know she’s my mate, the better.”

“Yeah, whatever you say,” Max said, but the humor was still in his voice.

“Enzo… I’ve been your best friend since childhood… I know how you are when you are interested in a girl. You have this way about you where you feel like you need to be strong all the time. Like you feel the need to prove yourself to her or something. But there’s something different with Lila. Your ears literally perk up whenever you hear her name.”

I instantly reached for my ears and cursed my wolf under my breath.

“Whenever she’s around, it’s like you look for her everywhere. I’m not stupid… she’s your mate.”