One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 37

Edwin & Audrey

Edwin's POV

I exhaled with a sigh, the smoke from my cigar puffing from between my lips and trailing into the night sky. Leaning on my balcony, I took another drag and held it for a moment, flicking a bit of ash off the tip and watching as the dim red embers fluttered to the ground below. All around me, I could hear the sounds of the town awakening with nightlife. It was a lively Saturday night; countless parties with thumping bass, rowdy bar goers wandering down the street, and loud music and laughter and clinking bottles wafting through the night air. But I was as solitary as usual.

My apartment behind me was mostly dark, save for the single lamp partially illuminating the living room. I had already had my dinner-takeout, as usual-and was already wondering if I should stay up and read or head to bed soon. But sleep would elude me for some time to come.

"You're thinking about her again," my wolf's voice echoed in the back of my mind.

His words made me grimace, but I didn't try to deny it any longer. It was true; I kept thinking back to last night, no matter how hard I tried not to. Back to those hours with Audrey in my office.

spent

It was st**d of me to be so enthralled by this meaningless human girl. I was convinced that it was a proximity thing; a string of bad luck that I had **ed up with a girl at the bar who later turned out to be my student and my teaching assistant. But at the same time, I couldn't find it in me to be mad about it. There was something about her...

For the millionth time since last night, my mind wandered back to those moments when she had called me a cheater and stormed out of my office. I couldn't blame her-I had promised to tell her about my point of view on our night together, and I had clammed up. It wasn't like me to do that.

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Maybe it was because, truthfully, I didn't have any 'pointers' for her. Because, despite the fact that she had been a bit inexperienced, it was still a phenomenal night.

And I couldn't tell her that. After all, I was her professor, and I was more than a decade her senior

"Goddess" I groaned under my breath, passing my hand over my face. "She wasn't even. born in the 90s, and I was almost in high school at that point."

in agreement.

I grumbled.

noticed my phone screen light up with another text on the patio table;

she suspected. "You shouldn't have lied to her,"

tangy smoke burn the back of my throat. My wolf was right again, as usual. I should have told her; I should have been honest that I was betrothed to a woman who I barely even knew, a woman

woman that I

rolled my eyes, ignoring the next text that popped up on my phone. "I'm going to

"You've

end my engagement for months. But it wasn't that simple. I did plan on ending, yes, it was just that... Well, it was

to make matters worse, there was parental

cigar and putting out the embers on the

under my breath. "I'll end

Chapter 37

Audrey's POV

"Audrey? Can we talk?"

drink in hand and a curious look in his eye. Immediately, I felt my proverbial hackles raise; but before I could bite

hell, Max," she growled, flashing her

at her. He just continued to stare at me with a pleading

what?" I asked,

nodding his head toward the mansion

could respond, Tina and Avis were suddenly on me. "Don't do it," Tina hissed,

couldn't be trusted. Especially not after what he and Linda had tried to do

say to me, you can say right here," I said firmly, holding my

friends."

fine. Here it is, Audrey: I love you, and I miss you. And I want you back." My mouth hung open at that. Tina let out a barking laugh, and

me

and ran a hand through his hair. "Yes. I know you're hurt, and you think I said those things

rising an octave with every syllable. "And

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