All Chapters of My Professor, My Enemy, My Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 22Lessie's POVI was determined. For once, I was going to be no body’s puppet. Not Lena's sulky schemes and for darn sure not Alpha Duaine's fiery stares that conveyed a thousand things he'd never ever utter aloud.I'd made up my mind and it was my own.Trent had asked me first. He didn't make a scene of me. He just asked me In that sweetly genuine, slightly annoying Trent style.So no, I was not going to miss out on the Mate Selection Social and give him up on a silver platter to Lena just because we are roommates. First come, first serve. If she was that interested, she should have moved quicker. But that was not my problem.And just for good measure, I was tired. Tired of pretending not to care when I did. Tired of keeping the ache in my chest every time Alpha Duaine looked at me as though I were invisible. Tired of compromising for people who would never even see if they didn't have to.Tonight, I was doing something for me.I was picking Trent.I stood before the mirror

Chapter 24Lessie's POVThe sun wasn't near rising yet, when I woke up and got ready for the day, when I was done I wore my hoodie. I moved as quiet as a ghost, so as not to wake Lena. The last thing I needed was a repetition of last night's issues or, heaven forbid, round two before I start my day.She'd been so furious, so loud, and so insistent about Trent. I didn't owe her anything.I carefully packed my backpack, opened the drawer, and pulled out a granola bar, then I slipped out of the room quietly.There was no creaking of footsteps down the corridor. No jarring rings of voices and laughter.Was I really trying to get to class today on time. or was I just trying to get away from Lena?I had no idea. Maybe both.Maybe neither.But either way, I had already left before she even had a chance to say anything.The classroom was empty when I got there.It always appeared so, except during the times when the murmur of student voices was audible in the classrooms. The chairs were al

Chapter 26 Lessie's POVI zipped my second suitcase with a final yank and stepped back, looking back the chaos of suitcases and a half-lived life in this dorm room I was just about to leave. The very same one that had witnessed weeks of sneaking around carefully, the fumbling tension, and one too many blowouts.My body was holding me back. Not just the bags or the lack of sleep, but all the rest that had built up since last night’s Mate Selection Social.I'd decided. Trent. Not because he was flawless, not because he'd come after me or begged but because he'd asked me first. Because he'd done something for me and held his breath for it. And no, I wasn't going to deliver him in person like a prize to Lena to just to keep the peace. I'd come to terms with the fact that I was not here to be liked. I was here to live my life the way I wanted.I grabbed my backpack, then I pushed my small roller bag towards the door.That was when Lena stirred then woke up.I didn’t want her to wake u

Chapter 28Lessie's POVOnce Alpha Duiane had laid out his rules, he stood up, adjusted the cuff of his collar like he'd just explained rules to me that treated me like a child, and left without comment.He closed the door softly behind him as he departed.I just stood at the side of the bed for a moment, I was ensuring I got everything. His words continued to echo itself in my head.No going outside the estate without permission.No questioning his judgment in any way.I had understood the warning, but the manner in which he'd spoken to me, as if I were some savage he needed to lock up before it destroyed his neat-put-together world, it made my chest constrict.I sat on the plush mattress, gazing up at the pale cream ceiling. It was late. Most likely after midnight.But tonight, sleep was not for me.I rolled onto my side, onto my back, into a ball and tried to sleep again. My mind would not calm down. Maybe it was the new room or the silk bed sheets, or the faraway hum of the genera

Chapter 30Lessie's POVI knew I should not have gone into that garden. But I didn't require a lecture or an official rulebook to understand that.But Alpha Duiane did not have to talk to me the way he did. He sounded cold and harsh as always. Like I'd committed some awful crime against the manners of his residence. Like I was a nuisance and not a guest he'd invited to his house.When I went back to my room, I still wasn’t able to get much sleep that night. I laid back on the bed, beneath the heavy blankets that smelled of jasmine still my mind was not at rest and I kept turning around restlessly. I kept staring at the ceiling as if I was waiting for it to reveal something to me but nothing was forthcoming, and it did nothing to calm my heart.He could have simply told me not go there again calmly or he could have pulled me aside and explained it to me, but he treated me like I did not exist and spoke harshly to me.Finally, sleep came and overtook me after a few hours.I w