All Chapters of The Alpha Professor’s Cursed Mate : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

TALIAMy head felt heavy, my eyes hot and like they would pop out of their sockets.Why did I even drink? I kept asking myself as I walked sluggishly down the hallway to my next class.As this hour, there were a few students milling around the halls and thank the goddess for that. Even their quiet laughter was more than my aching head could bear.The worst part of all this was I had let myself get drunk and gotten a bad hangover for nothing. I still could not forget Cassian, not when he had been a large part of what happened last night.An image, clear as day, flashed through my mind.Of Cassian staring at me like I had lost my mind when I had tried to kiss me.Making a fist, I hit my forehead, earning myself a few curious looks from some passing students.Damn!What was wrong with me? I really must have taken leave of my senses!Why had I done that? Embarrassed myself in front of Cassian like that?What would he see me as now? A girl so cheap and desperate to do anything to get his a

TALIAIt was all so confusing... Cassian's reaction.When he had walked in on Ethan hurting me, he had definitely been very angry. But had he angry because he as a professor had seen a student bullying another student? Or was it because he cared about me and didn't want to see me hurt."It is possible," I said to the empty room.'No, it's not,' said a voice at the back of my head. 'He made it clear your he is your professor and nothing more.'Groaning, I turned over on my stomach, burying my face in a pillow.Trying to figure out if the professor cared about me or not was driving me crazy. I really did want to stop obsessing over it but I couldn't seem to.Rescuing me at the club, and then from Ethan, it was just what any self respecting gentleman would do, wasn't it?Oh goddess!How badly I wanted to talk to someone about it, but Ruby wasn't here.Taking several deep breaths to relax, I closed my eyes and tried to imagine what advice she would give. Probably something along the line

TALIAMother and Tessa were talking about me. I had heard them whispering while I was coming down the stairs.They were sitting at the dining table with their heads close together. Now as I entered the dining room, they stopped and sat back.Tessa, picking up her spoon, poked at her bowl of cereal. Mother gave me a smile and for a minute, I wondered if I were in the wrong house. Or maybe having a repeat of the strange dream I had yesterday."Talia," mother said, waving me over when I just stood there. "Come and sit. You must be hungry." She loaded some food onto a tray and pushed it over to one side of the table. "Go on. Eat.""Morning, mother," I mumbled, unsure of what else to say.I completely ignored Tessa who was now stabbing at her cereal as though it had done her a personal wrong.When I sat, I sat on the edge of the chair, sure that something bad was coming. I was right."Your sister and I have been waiting for you actually," mother continued.I froze in the act of uncovering

TALIA"What?" I whispered, blinking.The professor repeated his question."I need to know if you are being abused in any way by your parents," he added."I don't understand. Why would you suddenly be interested in that?"Patiently, he explained, "I ask because it is the only explanation that fits. The one that makes sense. You have spoken before about having no one on your side, about being all alone in this world."I have got Ruby, I wanted to say. Only that would sound lame, and wouldn't it also prove I had a family only in name?"Also the day I found you in the woods..."I started a little. This was the first time ever Cassian was referring to our meeting in the woods.When I had asked him about it,, he had neither accepted or denied it. And that day had already begun to seem like a dream."...It looked like you were running away, from home maybe. You were crying too just before you fell unconscious. Also... if there is any kind of abuse going on at your home, it would explain why

TALIAMother had tried to act like professor Cassian's threat did not bother her. But later that night when father came back and I had been on my way to the kitchen for a glass of warm milk to help me sleep, I had heard them whispering."Do you really think he will do it?" father had asked. "I mean, what possible interest could he even have in all this?""He looked very serious," mother had replied. "I don't really know how, but I'm sure that Talia is causing all trouble with the professor. That girl has been nothing but trouble since she was-"I had crept back upstairs, not wanting to hear any more.Knowing mother and how much she loved holding up the picture of a perfect family, one thing was certain. They would not be able to withdraw me from South Ville because of Cassian. At least not yet.One question though would not leave my mind. How had he known I was on trouble? How was it that on the day it had been decided I would stop going to school, he had come up with something that m