My Professor Is My Alpha Mate
#Chapter 165 – She’s not who she claims to be

Lila's POV

“I wish you didn't have to go back so soon,” Bri pouted as she watched me pack my things. “I'm going to miss you.”

“At least I'm not going to be across the world,” I told her, giving her a small smile. “I'm only a phone call away.”

“I know,” she sighed, lying across my bed, and staring up at me sadly.

It's been a few days since I returned home from Monstro. Becca and Brody had gone back to their own packs to get themselves ready for this semester as well.

Still no word on Rachel.

I haven't heard from Enzo at all since his love confession, which only furthers my suspicions that something is up and he’s not telling me the entire truth.

I have texted and called him a couple of times, but he hasn't been responding or answering. Part of me almost wants to go to his packhouse and find out what's really going on.

This semester didn't start until Monday, and it was Friday, so I would have time to go there. But I was assigned a new room that I needed to settle into and plus they were doing an orientation tonight that I couldn't miss.

I could find some time to go this weekend.

“Lila, are you almost packed? You should be leaving soon,” my mother said, poking her head through the door.

"Almost ready,” I said in return.

She smiled at me before leaving and I looked back at Bri.

“You have your mate now. You'll be fine,” I assured her.

She sighed and nodded.

"Speaking of mate, have you heard from yours?”

Why was Scott being locked up this extremely over something ridiculous like vandalism? It's not like he murdered anyone.

He was being treated like an extreme criminal.

Scott sat on a bed on the far side of the room, and I was pleased to see that he wasn't cuffed or shackled or anything. In fact, he was wearing his normal clothing and looked almost like the Scott I knew and dated. His hair was nicely done, and he didn't look tired, or even angry.

Actually, he looked surprised.

"What are you doing here?” He asked, furrowing his brows together.

“I wanted to talk to you,” I said in return, keeping my eyes locked on his.

“I'll leave you two alone. I'll be in the hallway close by so if you need anything, you can just shout,” the officer said, giving Scott a look before sealing me inside the cell.

“You look well,” I said to him, noticing how well put together he appeared. “They must be treating you nicely.”

“My father is paying them well,” Scott explained. “Why are you here, Lila?"

“Because what you did was awful, Scott,” I said in return, pressing my lips firmly together. “You destroyed millions of dollars worth of artwork..."

“Look, if you came here to lecture me, you can save it. I already got an earful from Cassidy-Ann the other day. She's suing me for the money it cost her to fix everything. My father is going to pay her and then I'll be released. Hopefully in a week or 50.”

I was oddly relieved to hear that it wasn't going to be much more extreme than that, but I was still hurt that he would do such a thing. I knew we didn't break up on good terms, or were on good terms in general, but I didn't think he would stoop that low.

“I'm not here to lecture you,” I said. “I'm here for answers. What you did was so out of character that I don't think you thought of this plan yourself. I think Sarah put the bug in your ear and made you do this.”

“Nobody made me do anything.”

“I don't believe you,” I said in return. “You did this for her; I know you did.”

“You don’t know anything, Lila.”

“Look me in the eyes and tell me you didn't do this for her,” I demanded firmly. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“No, because you'll use your weird Volana powers to manipulate me.”

“I wouldn't do that,” I said, offended by his accusation.

“I don't trust that,” he scoffed. “Why's it so important to you that Sarah had something to do with this? Why can’t you accept that I did this out of my own free will?"

“Because I know you, Scott. You have too much to lose to pull a stunt like this. Being an Alpha has always been your whole life and if word got out that you did this out of your own free will, it would ruin your reputation.”

“Is that a threat?”

“It's a wake-up call,” I answered.

After a beat of silence and seeing the seriousness on my face, Scott finally sighed and buried his face in his hands.

“You are right,” he murmured, lifting his gaze to meet mine. “It was Sarah's idea. I shouldn't have let her convince me knowing that I'm going to be an Alpha.”

“Why did you go along with her?”

“Sarah is a lot worse than you think and she has a way of convincing people to do anything she wants. I think she’s dangerous. I didn't do this because I love her... I don't know why I did it. I think she has some kind of strange ability that convinces people to do her bidding and I fell victim to it. She's like a siren or something.”

"What?" I asked, turning back to him, and narrowing my eyes. “You think she has abilities?”

“I do,” he answered with a single head nod. “You need to be careful around her Lila. She's not who she claims to be.”

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