Chapter 58 – Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel

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“It was my pleasure. I’ll always be here to help you…” she said with a fond smile. Then her smile kind of shifted and I saw it turning into a frown. There was something she wasn’t saying, something on her mind.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to speak, the door of the kitchen swung open, and Bethany made her way in.

“Oh, hello Miss Bethany,” Dee said with a kind and yet plastered smile. “Dinner isn’t quite ready yet.”

“Why is she in here?” Bethany asked, narrowing her eyes at me.

“Oh, Layla helps me cook when she’s here. It’s one of our bonding moments…”

“You bond with Enzo’s student?” Bethany asked, raising her brows. “Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”

“I don’t see it that way, no,” Dee said with a frown, glancing over at me. “She’s a very good cook and—”

“I’m an even better cook.”

“I thought you said that—”

“I’m here now and I’ll help you cook for our darling Enzo. It’s the least I could do. He’s given me a home that I could be happy at. I would like to do my part.”

“Oh,” Dee said, questionably. “Okay… yes. I would love to have your help.”

“Good,” Bethany said as she went over to the sink to wash her hands.

I glanced at Dee; I felt a little sad and she could read that on my face.

“You can both help,” Dee suggested.

“Um, I don’t think so,” Bethany said, shoving me away from the vegetables. I allowed the knife to fall onto the counter.

Thankfully, nobody got hurt.

“Thank you, but I got it from here.”

I nodded and turned away; I wanted to cry, but I refused to do so in front of them.

Later, Laura came to fetch me for dinner. I was expecting Bethany to be in the kitchen eating with Dee, but she wasn’t.

“She went to eat with Enzo in his office,” Dee explained as I sat down on the high stool.

“I see,” I said, trying not to look too bothered.

“She’s an interesting woman,” Dee said shaking her head. “But Enzo apparently likes her enough to have her living here.”

“You think he likes her?” I asked; my voice sounded strained, and I was aware of that.

“There’s no other reason for her to be here,” Dee said, shaking her head. “I never actually saw them together but do believe that Alpha Enzo is quite smitten with this woman.”

Third Person POV

So, Layla is Enzo’s student and his apparent crush.

It’s quite obvious that Layla has a thing for him as well, but it is simply a thing that can’t ever happen.

It’s a scandal that Enzo wouldn’t want to get out and Bethany was planning on eating that up.

Whatever kind of crush he had on her, wasn’t going to last with Bethany there. There was nobody like Bethany and she was going to make sure that everybody in this pack, including Enzo, knew that.

Soon, they won’t even remember Layla’s name.

Enzo was in his office when Bethany brought him his food. He’s basically been living in this office since he arrived home.

“How about you take a break and have some food,” she said, placing a plate of stir-fry in front of him.

He glanced at it briefly, uninterested, before looking back at his computer.

“I thought maybe we could eat together,” she finally said after a long pause.

“I’ll pass,” he said without hesitation. “I’m a little busy.”

“I can see that, but even an Alpha needs to take a break,” she said as she sat in the chair in front of his desk. “What are you working on?”

“We are opening a few food stands around the pack and I need to make sure we have all the documentation to support it.”

“That sounds interesting,” she breathed as she took a bite of her food. She winced; it was far too sweet. “So, Layla is an interesting girl. She’s your student, right? It’s amazing that you allow her in your pack like this. Let alone allow her to stay in the packhouse.”

That caught Enzo’s attention.

“We aren’t going to discuss Layla,” he said almost coldly.

She struck a chord.

Dee was right; he was interested in this girl.

“You do know you can’t have a relationship with her, right?” Bethany said, raising her brows. “She’s your student and you could get into huge trouble if the board found out.”

“What are you on about?”

“I think you know exactly what I’m on about, Enzo. You can’t pursue a relationship with your student.”

 “She’s nothing more than a student to me. She’s here to help some local children with their combat. She’s incredibly talented when it comes to combat. I made a promise to her father that I would protect her and that’s all I’m doing.”

“Her father, you say?” Bethany asked, leaning forward. “Who is her father?”

“Alpha Bastien of—”

“The Nova pack…” Bethany breathed; of course, she heard of Alpha Bastien. “She’s from Elysium.”

It wasn’t a question.

“She’s a very talented young girl; she takes after her father. But I wouldn’t cross the student-teacher boundary.”

“I hope you are being truthful,” Bethany said, gazing at him.

He was so handsome she could hardly contain herself.

He doesn’t say anything in response to that. Instead, he took a bite out of the food, and he had a satisfied look on his face.

“I made it with Dee. What a lovely woman she is,” Bethany said with a kind smile.

“It’s delicious,” he admitted, taking another bite.

“I’m glad you like it.”

…

Layla’s POV

I walked by Enzo’s office just as Bethany was leaving it.

“Would you mind taking these to get washed?” She asked as she handed me the dirty dishes from dinner. “Enzo and I are quite busy.”

She turned away and went back into his office.

…

The next morning.

The children gathered in the nearby field off the western coast of the Calypso pack. They were eagerly waiting for my arrival when I got there.

I started to teach them simple moves and then got into more difficult ones. Most of them were doing quite well. I even brought fighting sticks for them to practice with and they ran around, whacking each other. I thought for a moment that they were going to hurt one another, but I managed to get them to settle down.

One little girl, in particular, fell on her backside when she attempted one of the kicking moves. She began to cry until I knelt in front of her and placed my hand on her arm.

My fingers started to warm her skin and she breathed in amazement. I was using my abilities to heal her sore body and she was in absolute awe over it.

“Wow…” she breathed.

I gave her a kind smile and helped her to her feet.

I helped her with the move a couple of times before she was comfortable doing it on her own. It took a couple of tries, but she eventually got the hang of it.

“Oh, hello, Layla,” I heard a familiar voice saying from a short distance.

I turned and saw Bethany walking in our direction. Some of the children gasped, recognizing her instantly.

“Bethany,” I said, trying to keep myself calm and collected. The last thing I needed was to lose control in front of all these children. I couldn’t live with myself if I hurt anyone. “What can I do for you?”

I realized she was holding Tupperware in her hands.

“I made some cookies earlier and I wanted to share them with you,” she said kindly. “I outdid myself if I do say so myself.”

“Oh, well… thank you,” I said, taking the Tupperware.

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