Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
Soon, the Luna joined some of the other she-wolves at the banquet, leaving Lila alone to finish processing the sale on the tablet she held.
“Come on,”
I said to her, holding out my hand for her to take.
She stared at it questionably.
“What?”
She asked. “I’m working.”
“You need to take a break.”
“I can’t. I have more sales to make, and I need to process this check before I forget.”
“You also need to eat and refresh,”
I told her; I wasn’t taking no for an answer.
“Enzo—”
Before she could finish that sentence, I was grabbing onto her arm and pulling her toward Cassidy-Ann who was entertaining a group of people.
She frowned when she saw us approaching.
I grabbed the tablet and folder from Lila’s hands and handed it over to Cassidy-Ann.
“She needs to take a break. She hasn’t eaten and she looks exhausted. I’m here per request of her father to protect her and that’s exactly what I intend to do,”
I said without taking a breath.
She looked at Lila for a moment and then fixed her eyes on me and nodded.
“Yeah, enjoy your break, Lila.”
“Thank you,”
Lila said, sounding relieved.
I kept my hand on her wrist gently and pulled her toward the food on the other side of the room. “Eat something,”
I ordered her.
Lila was hesitant for a moment, but once she got a good look at the delicious food, she finally began to make herself a plate.
She ate her food quickly and then put her plate down.
“I should get back to work,”
she said quickly, about to walk towards Cassidy-Ann but then she paused when the band started to play a different tune.
“Oh my goddess… ‘she breathed. “I love this song.”
I ceased this as an opportunity to help Lila let loose and relax a little. So, I grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the dance floor.
“Enzo! What are you doing?!”
“You’ll see,”
I said, turning to face her.
She looked up at me with large eyes as I started to dance. She was startled at first, but then she broke out into a grin and grabbed onto my hands twirling around delicately. I lifted her off the ground and we spun around the dance floor just as the music beat dropped.
Everybody turned in our direction and watched us in awe; I saw some clapping and dancing around with us.
I wasn’t much of a dancer, but for some reason, I was enjoying this. Lila was an incredible dancer; I shouldn’t have been surprised though. She was good at everything.
I couldn’t help the smile on my face, and I laughed; she laughed too.
At that moment I couldn’t help but think to myself, “Having a mate might not be too bad.”
Lila’s POV
Was he laughing?
I had never seen Enzo laughing before and for some reason, it was warming my heart immensely.
He had a really nice smile and an even better laugh.
Enzo was also a very good dancer, and I never took him for someone who could dance. He never did this kind of thing at home. At least I didn’t think so.
But he moved effortlessly like he’s done this a million times before.
I was surprised when he took my hand and suggested we danced.
Everybody had their attention on us, and they were cheering us on and dancing along.
“What a beautiful couple!”
I heard a couple of girls saying.
“She’s so lucky; he’s so handsome!”
“She’s gorgeous. He’s the lucky one!”
“They dance beautifully together.”
I beamed up at Enzo, his face illuminating under the crystal lighting of the art gallery. His smile lit up the entire room and my heart raced in my chest.
At that moment, our horrible talk this morning completely faded from my mind. I couldn’t even remember why I was upset with him in the first place.
He wrapped me in his arms and spun me around again. Then, he put his hands on my waist and lifted me above his head; I did a flip over him and landed on the ground behind him. He laughed again as he turned around to face me.
The song began to slow down, and I knew this indicated the end of the tune. We were both breathing heavily, only inches from one another.
He kept his eyes locked on mine for only a moment before they shifted to my lips.
Was he going to kiss me?
In front of everybody?
I could hear some coercing him to do just that, but he paused as he neared me with his face. He ran his hand down the side of my face, sending a shiver throughout my body. He tucked a long strand of hair behind my ear, and I felt my entire body warm.
The applause brought my mind back to reality and I was able to snap myself out of the moment, taking a step away from him.
Everybody was cheering loudly for us, and I couldn’t help but laugh. He laughed too, but it faded shortly after, and his demeanor went back to normal.
“I really should get back to work,”
I said, clearing my throat. “Thank you for the dance.”
He didn’t say anything, but he nodded and watched as I went back toward Cassidy-Ann.
…
Over the course of the next 24 hours, Enzo and I didn’t really talk much. Mainly because I’ve been working so much. I was excited for the weekend when I could finally take a couple of days off and enjoy Monstro.
I was craving some beach time.
It was Thursday, which meant we had class today. I was dreading seeing Matty. Since the banquet yesterday, I knew it was going to be weird seeing him. But I had to maintain a professional attitude.
Enzo expressed this morning that he didn’t feel comfortable with me being in the same area as Matty, so he came with me to the class and sat in the back corner.
Matty wouldn’t dare try anything with Enzo sitting so close by. Not that I really needed Enzo to protect me against him. I could have handled myself just fine. I was very good at combat and could fight him with ease; I think Enzo had forgotten that over the course of the weeks, we’d been away from home.
Cassidy-Ann went into the lessons for the day. This time she had given a canvas to work on and started with some basic artwork and worked on making more elegant pieces based on the basic shapes.
Their assignments for the evening were to create 5 more art pieces using their assigned basic shapes.
“Don’t forget, we have dinner this evening,”
Cassidy-Ann reminded me just as I was packing up my own stuff. “6:00 pm, I’ll send you the details.”
“I’ll see you there,”
I said to her, joining Enzo who waited for me at the door.
…
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