One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 74

Audity

"But... What about your girlfriend

Edwin's eyebrows shot up and he immediately looked confused, followed by concerned, then confused again. Clearly, my words had taken him off guard. Maybe he didn't expect me to find out about the reality of his situation.

"Girlfriend? What girlfriend?" he finally asked.

"Don't play dumb, I muttered, feeling a bit of frustration bubble up beneath my skin. Without waiting for a response, I turned on my heel to leave.

But he caught my arm, his grip firm but gentle, and pulled me back to him with ease. "Audrey, what are you talking about?" For a moment. I felt my face flush at his touch. But I quickly pushed that feeling down as best I could. "Don't act like you don't know, I replied coldly, ripping my wrist away from his grip.

He quirked his eyebrow. "I really don't know what you're talking about."

Sighing, I placed one hand on my hip while the other gripped my cardboard coffee cup like my life depended on it. "I saw the photo of you with that beautiful woman at your apartment during dinner. And I saw you in the convertible with her, and at the club last night. You shouldn't have danced with me like that if you were with someone else." I hoped he couldn't see me trembling. "Audrey, 1-

"And I certainly hope you weren't in a relationship when we**ed up on New Year's Eve," I added, my voice lowering to a

hiss

There was a long weighted silence after that. Then, to my surprise, Edwin burst out laughing. I blinked in surprise, not sure if he was mocking me or if it was something else, "You think I have a girlfriend?"

"Don't patronize me, I growled.

"I'm not." He pulled out his phone, tapped the screen a few times, and held it up to me. "Are you talking about this woman?" he asked.

Pursing my lips, I leaned forward to see a picture of the woman that I had seen-beautiful as ever, her blonde hair practically shining with a light of its own. "Yes," I replied, feeling my chest tighten just upon looking at her.

Edwin huffed. "Audrey, that's my sister.

For a moment, I didn't believe him; but then I looked up and met his gaze, and saw nothing but sincerity there. My face instantly went red. "You have a sister?"

Edwin nodded, still chuckling. "Three, to be exact." He tapped his phone again for a few moments before turning it back around to show me what looked like her Facebook page. "Eliza Brooks," he said. "See?", Several seconds passed as I stared at the screen, taking in the beautiful woman's relationship status: single. And she was definitely his sister, because there was a picture of the two of them with an older man and woman, as well as two other equally beautiful ladies: clearly their parents and their other two sisters.

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face with my free hand "I'm... I'm so sorry. I

to apologize." Edwin said, his laughter subsiding as he slipped his phone back into his pocket. "It's a common mistake. We don't look much alike and she keeps herself out of the public eye, so a lot of people have made that assumption

with my sister." His face

say, I couldn't decide if I was relieved or if had just made matters

could muster up a response, Edwin stepped back and glanced over at my friends, who were still sitting at the table outside. They seemed to be looking around in mild confusion, likely wondering

hard. "Yeah.

vacation again," he said, gesturing for me to go. "But

paused again, shaking his head and chuckling slightly. "That was quite the beating you gave him. Good

had physically fought Jake off. "Oh, um, yeah. I guess I did."

and turned to leave. "Don't

"I won't"

away. In fact, I couldn't even rip my eyes away from his broad back until he was out of sight, and even then, I couldn't look away from where he disappeared

mind was still reeling from the conversation

Tina asked as I shakily set our tray down with our various

nodded. "Sorry for taking so long." I mumbled as I sat

widened when she saw my earring still sitting on top of my coffee cup.

it was... in my purse." The lie felt

wasn't in a relationship. It was ridiculous, I knew. I might not have been his TA anymore but

if our interactions from the past two days were any

maybe, once I was finished with his class-we

days spent laying in the sun and splashing in the ocean. After a couple of days, I managed to push away the thoughts of Edwin and simply focus on my trip with my friends, although it was no

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myself tossing and

As we pulled into the parking lot outside the dorms, I

as we hauled our bags

meet up for dinner later in the week. I trudged up to my

a few minutes of staring at the ceiling, I reached for my laptop to check my email. As I scrolled through the notifications that had piled up over the week, one caught my eye It was from the new professor I would be TAing