All Chapters of Fated to My Professor: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Astrid When dinner was announced, we all took our seats at the table. It felt incredibly strange for me to have the staff serving us. When I was a kid, I never thought twice about it. Now, I understood how rare it was to have this kind of service. It made me feel out of place. I made sure to thank each member of the staff and they seemed amused by it. I didn’t mind that. It was better than being rude. I could tell that Tristan was also amused by my behavior. He was looking at me with a poorly concealed smile. I shrugged at him and he looked away quickly. I couldn’t tell if he was embarrassed I caught him looking, or if he was trying to hold back a laugh. Once we were all served, the conversations started. I was glad that people weren’t discussing business. This dinner was about getting to know those that I would be working with, so it made sense. “How is your daughter?” Bruce asked Deb. “I heard that she’s found her mate, you must be thrilled!” Deb beamed with pride.

Astrid My heart nearly stopped as the kitchen door opened. I pulled away from Tristan so quickly that I stumbled backwards into the counter. We were standing by the kitchen island in the center of the room, so we were easily visible from either doorway. The door that I was facing was the door that led to the dining room. The one that had opened was to the hallway. I looked up at Tristan and I saw a strange expression flash across his face, but it was gone before I could identify it. There was no mistaking what had been going on here when the door opened. My face was flushed and Tristan was standing very close to me, despite my attempt to put distance between us. Whoever was standing in the doorway knew what they had just walked in on. Or at least, then knew that they had just interrupted an intimate moment. I was terrified to see who it was. I might be able to convince Sigmund or Crystal to keep this a secret, but Victoria or Solomon would tell my dad immediately. He w

Astrid I woke up the next morning with a complex mixture of emotions clouding my mind. The dinner party last night had not ended on a positive note. To my relief, no one had asked where I had disappeared to. I wasn’t sure what I would have said to them if they had. I was sure that they assumed the conversation about my mom had upset me and I went to get some air because of that. That wasn’t far from the truth. It was probably the reason that no one commented on my depressed state for the rest of the evening, too. I couldn’t bring myself to look at Tristan for the rest of the party. He was practically radiating anger for the entire night. As far as I knew, he didn’t speak a word to anyone until he excused himself and left about an hour after I rejoined the party. I couldn’t help but feel like I had upset him. I hadn’t done anything, and I knew logically that it was silly to blame myself. But that did nothing to make me feel better. I showered and changed into a pair of jea

Astrid As we wandered through campus, the silence between us was oddly comforting. It was like Eddie and I had always been friends. Maybe it was the fact that we grew up in the same household, and had a similar upbringing. Well, similar in the sense we were both children of higher members of the pack—not similar in the sense that my dad and Solomon were two very different men. “So, tell me more about your life,” Eddie started, pulling me out of my thoughts. “Do you have a lot of human friends?” “Not a lot,” I replied. “But I do have some very close friends. A few of the ladies I met in college still live in the city, so we spend a lot of time together. They even offered to come home with me so I wouldn’t have to deal with this mess with my dad alone. I couldn’t bring them, obviously, but, yeah.” “Could you imagine?” he laughed. “If you showed up with humans, my dad would have lost his mind.” “Oh, I know,” I agreed. “You know,” Eddie began, leaning in a bit closer to me

AstridI had been prepared for the worst when I arrived on campus on Monday morning. After what happened with Eddie in the cafe, and the way Lilian had smirked at me and run off, I was sure that rumors would have circulated campus by now. I did notice people staring at me as I walked through the grounds, but it wasn’t what I expected. The looks were curious, not judgemental. I found myself feeling oddly optimistic as the day wore on. Maybe I had misjudged things. This wasn’t high school, after all. There was no reason for university students to waste their time gossiping about people’s relationships. My position as the Alpha’s daughter was a technicality more than anything. It made sense that people wouldn’t pay much attention to me. My stay here was temporary, anyway. Being the child of the Alpha had dictated every part of my early life, but that wasn’t the case anymore. I reminded myself that I have accomplished great things for myself and that I have a life waiting for me