One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 262

Third Person & Audrey

Third Person

Betty stood in front of the mirror, tugging at the oversized, ill–fitting clothes she had chosen for the day: a large men’s t–shirt, a pair of baggy sweatpants, a ratty beanie. They covered her figure perfectly, making her appear like a slightly tall and lanky

preteen.

With her hair hanging around her face, her eyes ringed with dark eyeshadow, and her skin powdered to look more pale and sickly, she barely resembled herself anymore. She looked like a tired, scared twelve–year–old. It was believable enough.

Or at least, she hoped it was believable.

“You look… passable.”

The sound of an increasingly familiar voice caused Betty to turn, her face instantly heating as she met Peter’s gaze. He was leaning against the doorframe behind her, his hands tucked into his pockets and his long legs crossed at the ankles.

Betty took a deep breath as she stared down at herself. “You’re sure they’ll fall for it?” she asked.

Peter hesitated for a moment before nodding. “I don’t think anyone is going to look closely enough for it to matter. But it works.”

Surprisingly, that was a relief. Betty wanted their plan to work today. She wanted to help however she could, even if it meant putting herself in danger for her friends. After spending a lifetime being ostracized for being half human, she felt obligated to help others who were treated the same.

In an attempt to lift her own spirits, Betty mused, “I guess there are perks to being flat–chested.”

Peter was silent. When she looked up at him, his jaw was set hard, and he was staring at the floor in front of his feet. But she could see the slight blush to his cheeks. He often looked that way when he looked at her.

Betty was no idiot. She knew what she was to Peter. What he was to her.

Mates.

She never thought she’d be lucky enough to have one, being half–human and all. And sometimes, she still didn’t believe that he was her mate. Especially not someone as handsome and charming and funny as Peter.

But she could feel the occasional tug at the inside of her mind, his tentative prods at their mate bond. As far as she knew, he didn’t know that she was aware of it.

She was just waiting for him to work up the courage to tell her. Until then, she would play stupid, if only because she thought it was sort of cute and funny to see him so flustered around her.

mirror and adjusted her clothes one last time. “You’re

taking a step toward her. “I’ll be in the truck

hoped that his face was the first face

about this?” he

made her breath catch a little, and she

throat, and for a second, he seemed to struggle, as

“Good luck today.”

heart sink a little as she watched Peter’s tall

out, whirling to face him. “Good

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silent, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides. Betty’s heart pounded in her chest as she stared at the back of

anymore.

whispered through their mate bond.

quick strides toward her. He cupped her face in his

Deeply.

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Audrey

them off to Edwin. He watched from the driver’s seat of the inconspicuous black car we were sitting in, parked a little ways down

the uniformed men strode out of the orphanage with a handcuffed Betty in tow. She kept her head hung, her shoulders slumped, her hair in her face. Sophia–temporarily released from prison to do our bidding–walked out behind them, watching and counting a pile of cash as they

had fallen

friend in the van. Reluctantly, I met Peter’s icy gaze in the rearview mirror. He was pissed.

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up as bait,” he growled before leaning back in

feel his tension radiating through the bond, but he was cool and collected today. Our plan

he murmured to his brother, his gaze never leaving the van as it started just grunted in response and folded his arms across his

from the curb.

Avis, and a

Avis, and Tina that they

just laughed in our

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buzzed with what–ifs, the possibilities running through my head faster than I

the