Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“Oh, hello, Lila,”
she said, narrowing her eyes at me as she leaned back on the couch. “It’s nice to see you. I hope you slept well.”
“What are you doing here?”
I asked with a racing and incredibly heavy heart.
“I came to patch up my friendship with Enzo,”
she said with a shrug. “We spent the entire night talking. It was just like old times.”
They were up all night talking? While I was sleeping??
My heart felt like it was shattering from inside of me.
“Good morning,”
Enzo said as he walked out of the kitchen. He was carrying a couple of plates of food. “I made breakfast.”
“You didn’t tell me Connie was going to be here,”
I said, trying to keep the hurt out of my voice but failing miserably.
“I didn’t know she was going to be here,”
Enzo said, frowning. “She showed up last night.”
“I’m sorry to be imposing. I know you are going to be busy with work, so I figured Enzo could use some company,”
Connie said with a shrug.
“His job is to keep watch over me, just as my father asked him to,”
I told her, my voice had hardened way more than I meant it to.
“Well, I know, but I figured you’d want some space too,”
she said with a frown; she then glanced at Enzo as if she had said something wrong and questioned him about it. He gave her a look in return that made Val furious.
It was like they were having some secret conversation right in front of me.
“I promise, you will hardly notice I’m here, Lila. I’m not here to cause any issues. Only to mend a very important friendship. You understand that don’t you?”
I wanted to say “No,”
and get her out of there. I didn’t want her here with her claws all over my mate. But the look on Enzo’s face tugged at my heart and I knew I couldn’t do that to him. Connie was his oldest friend, and I couldn’t keep her away from him as much as I might have wanted to.
“Of course, I understand that,”
I said with a sigh.
Val was mad that I caved so easily, but it wasn’t up to me. If I wanted to keep Enzo in my life, I had to play nice with Connie and respect his friendship with her.
Connie beamed at my words.
“Oh, good!”
She said happily. “Then, let’s have a great trip. I’m only here for a couple of weeks so I’d like to make the most out of it. Enzo, let’s go to the beach later?”
“The beach?”
I asked out loud, imagining the first night I was with Enzo, and we had sex at the beach.
My heart squeezed painfully in my chest as I thought about Connie flaunting herself around Enzo in her bikini.
“Yeah; I haven’t had the chance to check out the beach yet. You’ll be working today anyways. Right, Lila?”
“Yes…”
I reluctantly said, meeting Enzo’s eyes.
His face remained expressionless, which drove me crazy because I had no idea what he was thinking or feeling.
He put a plate of food for me on the table and then handed Connie the other plate.
“What do you say, Enzo? Come to the beach with me?”
“I need to go with Lila to the academy this morning just to make sure she gets there safely. But then afterwards sure.”
My entire body felt paralyzed…
He said yes to her.
Lila’s POV
Both Enzo and Connie dropped me off at the academy where I went straight to Cassidy-Ann’s new office in the art section of the school. My entire heart was so heavy as I watched Enzo leave with Connie trailing closely behind him.
I couldn’t believe they were actually leaving to go to the beach together.
Cassidy-Ann had my desk set up in the corner of her office and I set all my things up on the desk to make it a little more unique.
I started the morning by working on Cassidy-Ann’s upcoming schedule for the weeks to come. Which included, but was not limited to, important meetings and interviews, art signings, art shows, banquets, important dinners, future assemblies, and local parties.
She was certainly going to be very busy during her time here.
I logged into her website and saw that she had some sales that I needed to invoice and process.
“Don’t forget we have class this afternoon. It’s the introduction course,”
Cassidy-Ann reminded me. “You’ll need to be there the entire time as my aid. It’s only about an hour long. I know we are supposed to have dinner this evening, but I promised Leroy, I would take him out tonight, so you’ll be on your own this evening.”
“That’s fine,”
I said only half listening.
I couldn’t get Enzo out of my mind. It’s been about an hour since he left with Connie, and I couldn’t help but wonder what they were doing.
I knew they were going to the beach, but there was this tight knot in my stomach. I didn’t like them being left alone.
“Is everything okay?”
Cassidy-Ann asked, peering over at me from her desk. “You aren’t distracted, are you?”
“What? No, of course not,”
I said, glancing at her briefly. “I was just finishing up these invoices. We have class this afternoon and we aren’t having dinner tonight. I’m listening.”
She looked at me for a moment longer and I couldn’t tell if she believed me or not, but she said nothing more.
I turned back to my computer and continued my work.
Soon, my work phone started ringing. It was a number I didn’t recognize but that wasn’t surprising.
“Cassidy-Ann’s office, how may I help you?”
I said into the phone.
“Hello, my name is Monica. I’m looking for a painting to hang up at my penthouse. I’m willing to pay whatever is necessary to get a Cassidy-Ann original.”
“Of course,”
I said, going back to the website. “Are you looking for something in particular? Or would you like a custom painting?”
“I would like a custom collage. I have a few pictures that I would like included in this collage, but I would also like Cassidy-Ann to come up with her own style as well. I like bold and bright colors.”
“Sure,”
I said, typing that into the order notes. “And what would you like for dimensions?”
“How about 18”
x 24”?”
I typed that into the order notes as well.
“For a custom Cassidy-Ann portrait, payment starts off at $1500. We will need a down payment of at least $500 before we get to work. Do you have an email I can send that bill to?”
Once she gave me her email address, I created the invoice with her custom details and sent it to her.
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