Semua Bab Moonlight Confessions: Inlove With My Alpha Professor : Bab 1 - Bab 10

Aiden’s POV "I… I Like you, Jake." I stuttered, staring at the floor. "I mean…" I stuttered again. "What? Aiden?" Jake asked, brushing my head like a puppy. “Stop Jake, Listen to me.” I replied shyly. “I like you. Like... actually. I love you, Jake.” I finally confessed. It felt good to let it off my chest after years of obsessing over him but Jake didn't say anything. “Jake,” I called out, just to be sure he heard me and then I continued talking before he said anything. “I do like you and not in a weird way—well, I mean—I like like you. I want to be near you. I want more than just…Friends.” I wanted him to say something. Anything, but he didn’t even look up. “Your mate reading is in three days, Aiden,” he said coolly. “You should focus on that.” He walked off like I hadn’t just laid my heart out in pieces. And yeah, I laughed it off. Told myself he was being mature, responsible. Pack and alpha responsibilities, prolly other stuff too. But it gutted me. Deep dow

Aiden's POV The restaurant was dimly lit, the kind of place couples came to when they wanted to pretend the world didn’t exist. I shouldn’t have brought her here. It was too intimate, too fake. But I was trying to be what I was supposed to be. A good mate. A good man. Whatever that meant anyway. She sat across from me, smiling like she believed this night was real. Like she couldn’t tell I was barely holding it together. Her fingers curled around the stem of her wine glass, her eyes met mine, feeling hopeful. "You’ve been...distant lately," she said gently, trying to create a conversation. I let out a weak smile. "School has been insane. The semester just started, you know how it is." She nodded, but something in her eyes told me she didn’t buy it. Through the glass doors at the front of the restaurant, a car parked and Jake alighted from it. He stepped out, he ran a hand through his hair like he wasn’t casually walking into my facade. The universe had a very twisted sense

Aiden's POV The woods were too quiet. Not the kind of peaceful silence that calmed your soul, but the type that made the hairs on your neck rise. I’d taken the long route to the ridge on purpose, hoping the trek would slow my thoughts. But, It didn’t. They were louder than ever.My wolf paced just beneath my skin. He hated this. Hated Jake and loved him too.I reached the top and there he was. Leaning against a rusted fence post, like the past years hadn’t happened. He looked up, eyes locking onto mine. "You came."I stayed a few feet away, arms crossed. "What do you want?"Jake pushed off the post. "I’ve been thinking about everything—about us."I snorted. "Bit late for that.""I thought it would get easier," he admitted with a low voice. "Pushing you away. Pretending none of it meant anything."I laughed bitterly. "You didn’t pretend. You were just mean."Jake winced. Good. Let it sting."I had to," he said. "You don’t know what it was like back home. The pressure. The expectation

Aiden's POV When I got home from school that day, I didn’t say a word to Lila. She tried to ask what was wrong, but I just walked past her and went straight to bed. I didn’t want to talk, didn’t want to explain anything so I didn't give her room to say anything. I couldn’t. To be honest, since the mating rite, I hadn't actually given her a chance to converse with me. I didn't want to, not at all. Everything felt too heavy. My chest, my head, my whole body. It all ached in a weird way that I couldn't explain. I closed my eyes, hoping sleep would make it all disappear.Fortunately, I drifted off almost immediately I closed my eyes. But Lila didn’t let me off that easily. Later that night, she woke me up. “Aiden,” she whispered, kneeling beside the bed. “You don’t have to hide from me. I already know. I know you’re gay. And your secret’s safe with me.”I froze. I didn’t say anything. I couldn't even look at her. Her words were kind, maybe even too understanding, but they burned anyway.

Aiden's POV “Then do it.” He didn’t move. “I’m right here.” His hand lifted but never reached me. He stepped back like I was a taboo. “I can’t,” he whispered. “Or you won’t,” I corrected. He turned, “Go home, Aiden.” I didn’t move. “You need rest,” he added. I laughed out painfully, “Right. So I can black out again and wake up in another bloody mess.” “I’ll figure this out.” “You won’t even look at me when I’m begging you!” I said out loud. Jake turned back to me, pain etched deep on his face. “You think this is easy for me?” “I think you’ve had years to figure out how to not want me, and you failed.” “I’m trying to protect you.” “Then stop,” I said. “Stop protecting me. Just—be with me.” “I can’t,” he said again. “If I touch you tonight, I’ll never stop.” The silence was unbearable. The air between us was thick with everything unsaid. “Then go,” I said. He didn’t. “Leave, Jake.” He turned slowly, face pale, and walked away. I stood there