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—"

argument. "I can't have one of my students working themselves to the bone

concern extended past the standard student- teacher relationship. But of course it didn't I needed

gaze to

I reached for the door handle and slipped out onto the sidewalk, letting the cool night air wash over my flushed face. "Thanks again for dinner. I'll see you

that same vaguely inscrutable look falling over his features once more. With a quiet "Goodnight, I swung

out my notebook and

than his waiter's uniform, with a

morphed into a bright smile of my own. "Thad no idea you were a student here too. What

can say that again," Gavin agreed with a low chuckle, shifting his weight almost nervously? "I just transferred here this semester, actually. I was going to ask if this

Tina normally sat; but she was sick today. With a shake of my head, I

his backpack on the floor with a dull thud.

you again for what you did the other

Chapter 28

his hand. "It was nothing, really. That uniform needed

of my neck at his frank words, fiddling with the end of my pencil. "Well... Still. That was nice of

corner of Gavin's mouth as he gave a small shrug. “All I ask

saucers. "Sorry, what?" I

shot me a concerned look. "You didn't get my note, did

vain to

"No, I

could have sworn his smile kicked up a notch. "I wrote down number for you. Left

I pulled my phone out with trembling fingers. "Oh,

my

bent together, we shared our numbers. I felt an excited swoop in my stomach as I rattled mine off to him, and a moment later,

text came in.

"Now

offered Gavin a nervous smile as I entered his contact into my phone, but just then, the classroom door banged open-startling both of

Edwin's POV

into the lecture hall a few minutes early, bracing myself for

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