One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Audrey & Edwin

Audrey's POV

"Thank you again for dinner." I said softly as Edwin pulled up to the front of the dorm buildings. "That was really nice of you."

Edwin cut the engine and turned his head to regard me. "How many times do I have to tell you that it's nothing" he asked with a shrug of one broad shoulder. "Although if you don't mind me asking... are you und My eyes widened ever so slightly at his rather blunt question. How had he known?

"Well, L." I hesitated, chewing my lip as I debated how much to divulge. "My family doesn't have a lot of money, if I'm being honest."

It was true; ever since my first adoptive mother, Maria, had passed away when I was fourteen, I had been adopted by her sister and her sister's husband, Francine and Gary. They had three kids of their own an at-home mother and Gary being a high school science teacher, they weren't exactly loaded.

Edwin remamed silent, his dark eyes trained on me. I couldn't quite read his expression.

"They can't help you out at

out at all?" he suddenly asked,

My face reddened. "No, I. I mean, they would love to, but..

Now that was a lie. They didn't have much of an interest in helping me financially, or helping me

out at all, really, to them, I was the burdensome human in the family. The black sheep, so to speak. The only reason why they took me in as a teen was because Francine didn't want to face scrutiny from the res

There was a long silence after that. Edwin seemed to eye me almost suspiciously for a moment, a knowing look flickering through his gaze.

"Very well. I'll look into securing you some additional funding," he stated matter-of-factly. "Perhaps another scholarship or grant program you qualify for."

"Oh, no!" I protested, shaking my head vehemently. "You don't have to do that, really. I'm making it work. I was actually thinking of getting a part-time job, and—"

no room for argument. "I can't have one of my students working themselves to the

my cheeks warm under his intense scrutiny. For a moment there, I had let myself believe that his concern extended past the standard student- teacher relationship. But of course it didn't I needed to not read into this too

I mumbled, diverting my gaze to my

for the door handle and slipped out onto the sidewalk, letting the cool night air wash over my

inscrutable look falling over his features once more. With a quiet "Goodnight,

seat in Edwin's lecture hall and pulled out my notebook and pencils, I felt a light

than his waiter's uniform, with a

morphed into a bright smile of my own.

a low chuckle, shifting his weight almost nervously? "I just transferred here this semester, actually. I was going to ask

she was sick today. With a shake of my head, I gestured to the open

backpack on

for what you did the other

Chapter 28

with a dismissive wave of his hand. "It was nothing, really. That uniform needed to be

words, fiddling with the end of my pencil. "Well...

he gave a small shrug. “All I ask in return is that you respond to my

saucers. "Sorry,

"You didn't

my head, trying in vain to recall some sort of note

"No, I

already pulling out his phone. I could have sworn his smile kicked up a notch. "I wrote down number for

reddened into a deep crimson, and I pulled my phone out with trembling fingers. "Oh, um. I guess it did

my

our heads bent together, we shared our numbers. I felt an excited swoop in my stomach

text came in.

"Now

a burst of butterflies in my gut at the text, and offered Gavin a nervous smile as I entered his contact into my phone, but just then, the classroom door banged open-startling

Edwin's POV

hall a few minutes early, bracing myself for

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