Chapter 27: Jealousy and Boundaries

AN: Ok, I'm not sure what's going on. For some strange reason, I haven't seen any Stats of anyone reading the previous chapter for a week. I notified FF, but they haven't responded to my email. It's strange because I see a review, so I don't know if y'all are getting the notification that this story is getting updated or not. I see there are some Stats, so I think it's resolved? Let me know if yall getting the notification.

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Paul sneered, "so you're going to drill the truth out of me as a teacher?"

Seeing that Paul got defensive, I decided to go with a calmer approach. I said calmly, "no I'm here right now as your mate. "

His expression softened when he realized that he came a little too strong. However, I wasn't offended. I deal with teenagers all day long and their rapid mood swings. I have no problem dealing with Paul's mood swings.

So, I asked again, but more softly, "what happened?"

He sighed. He said while he staring at the table, "I came to the classroom, then I saw that gift, the cup with treats, on your desk. It smelled weird and when I got closer .."

He said snarling lowly, "I can smell a male's scent on them. His scent was all over it. I was enraged that someone tried to court my mate. Then, when I smelled your scent on that note, I just lost my mind. Next thing I know, the cup was on the ground broken."

He asked with his arms crossed his chest, "why did you accepted it?"

I shook my head, "I didn't. When I read the note without the name of the person that sent it, I felt suspicious of it too, so I left it on the table. Usually, I put away what people give me in the drawer to protect it from getting stolen like last Monday."

Paul shouted and leaned forward in his chair, "wait, it happened before, and you accepted it?"

Great... He's focusing on the wrong thing. I was starting to get frustrated, but I pulled it back to prevent from us arguing.

I responded quickly, "okay, yes but last Monday, I didn't think much of it, like I said it's not the first time I get small treats and gifts from my students, so I accepted it. Not thinking much of it. But when I saw it again today, I didn't because I felt a bad vibe about it..and Paul..you needs to understand that there will be times that I will get treats and gifts from students, parents and staff."

Paul started to tremble, but I added louder, "BUT..I can compromise."

He froze. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "how?"

I was thinking on the spot, so I responded to him slowly, "I-I..can accept the ones that comes from women and girls. As in for boys and men..I can accept them by going to you first and see how you feel about it?"

He had a thoughtful expression, but he said immediately, "I rather if you reject all of it from boys and men period."

Ah, great. Okay, I need to reword it. I said, "wait, how about when I present the ones from the guys to you, but I accept the ones only if they don't have any feelings or attraction towards me?"

Paul frowned, and he was about to say something, but I caught him off. I said, "it's not fair that I reject every gift from guys especially when there's no feelings attached to them…"

Since I know Paul is insecure of where we stand in our relationship, so I thought about encouraging him and helping him feel secured. I pulled my chair closer to him and caressed his hands with my thumbs, and I said, "just because I receive gifts from guys, it doesn't mean that you're not providing for me or taking care of me. It won't sway my heart from you, amor."

I could see from Paul's expression that he was really struggling to accept this, so I continued, "I love you and you only, amor. Do you trust me?"

Paul looked at me deeply into my eyes, trying to find something to hold onto. He finally said, "yes..I trust you.."

His face turned grim with a snarl forming on his face, "but I don't trust them."

I repeated, "do you trust me?"

He said longingly and with some reluctance, "yes.."

Then I said quickly, "then, that's all that matters, amor."

He blinked and reluctantly nodded. I know he is possessive, and I understand that, but I can't do everything the way he wants. We need to meet half-way and of course, there are some circumstances that I have no choice but listen to Paul. However, in this situation, I can't nor won't. It'll bite me later if I reject all boys and men's gifts as a teacher. I just don't want to create unnecessary problems..

From how he responded, I was reminded about the times that Edward did not want Bella to be around Jake in the books. Edward and Bella had a similar discussion, and eventually Edward came around, but he didn't like it. Edward was very controlling, and I didn't want that happening between Paul and I.

When I checked in how he is through the mating bond, I could feel relief, shame, and some anger coming from him. I winced when I felt that he was still angry. I was glad I got through to him to a certain degree and we had come to an agreement. I feel like there was something more that he isn't telling me.

I asked, "There's something else that you are angry about..what is it?"

Paul said grumbling, "yeah.."

I waited for him to continue, but instead Paul growled, "I really don't wanna say it out loud. I just feel like whining little bitch saying that out loud."

I shook my head and said, "no Paul. you're not acting like a whining little bitch. You're just expressing yourself. There's nothing wrong with talking about your feelings."

Paul looked at me with betrayal in his eyes, "then why you gave me detention?"

I understood where his anger was coming from now, so I said, "Paul, I understand why you got angry. But it is what you do with those feelings that I have a problem with. Not only you displayed property destruction, but you also directed your anger toward another student by cussing them out. That's not how you handle your anger, Paul. That's why I gave you detention.."

I can feel waves of hurt and anger coming from him. I prodded a little further, "you didn't like that I gave you detention?"

He responded, "Of course not. Like shit, I get why you made me clean it up without asking in front of others why. But it really pissed me off that you used your authority as teacher against me to get me to obey."

It seems like he is projecting his experiences with other teachers to me. I said softly, "Amor, like I said earlier, it was to correct your behavior because you used your anger in an unhealthy way. That's not how we handle our feelings, but..I'm sorry that giving you detention came off with me trying to use my authority as a teacher to get you to obey. I didn't think about that."

He told me with a bitter expression, "I already got teachers treating me like a delinquent even before I became a wolf and even when I was doing well with my grades. It never changed how they look at me just because they knew I came from a fucked-up home."

I felt my heart pierced when he said that. I..didn't realize he was receiving that kind of treatment from school. I knew he had a rough background, but I didn't think it was to this extent. Seeing Paul vulnerable with his feelings and showing me how hopeless he felt with people, I was able to get another look into Paul. I kind of understand that feeling..no matter what you do, people will see you from how they want to see you. There's nothing you can do to change their minds, so all you can do is continue be a better person not for the approval of others, but yourself essentially.

He said with a mixed expression of anger and pain, "I already got Sam on my ass, but it's because he is my alpha, so I can tolerate his authority. But you..you're my mate. I need you more as my mate than my teacher, Esmeralda."

I sighed. I covered my face with my hands. He does have a point. I stayed silent, processing everything he just told me. It's hard not to cross over the boundaries of me as his mate and me as his teacher, in a way that I'm not tipping the balance and accidently hurting his feelings. However, I do need to do better.

Realizing the error that I made, I said, "thinking about it more, giving you detention was probably too extreme of an punishment…I could've given you a lesser punishment."

I probably held him too tightly as a teacher because I was afraid of what others would think. I was afraid others would think that I was being too lenient towards him, and they'll start getting suspicious.

I continued, "Not gonna lie, I also did it because I was afraid of others would think if I was too lenient to you..but thinking about it more, I'm acting no different than those teachers.."

I winced when I saw Paul's hurt expression from the truth. I said passionately and apologizing, "I'm sorry that I gave you another bad taste from dealing with teachers. I hurt your feelings in order to save face. It wasn't my intention to hurt you, and yet, it still happened. I am not those teachers. I will do things my way. Not like the way you have been experiencing so far. But, if you step out of line then I will correct you accordingly. It's not to get you to obey me, but for your own good, so you can interact normal humans despite being a spirit warrior..I do it because I care and love you Paul, and I promise that I will not abuse my authority as a teacher to anyone and especially you. "

Paul's eyes were clouded with unshed tears. He reached his arms as an invitation for me to come to him. I hesitated because we were still in school. He shook his head, so I understood it was safe. I pushed the chair to aside, and I slid down to his lap. I wrapped my arms around his neck, inviting him to find comfort by smelling me. He dipped his head towards my neck and inhaled deeply. We stayed in this position for who knows how long, but it was satisfying. The tension that was building up between us were slowly leaving. I felt myself becoming relax in Paul's arms. I could feel his racing heart slowing down. I felt very snuggled up with Paul that I felt very tempted to just stay in this position for a little awhile longer.

Paul broke the silence and he said, "I don't like it when we argue."

I chuckled lightly, "not all arguments leads to fights and the end of the relationship..some arguments are necessary to strengthen the relationship.."

Paul was quiet. He said softly, "I guess being mated, doesn't exempt us from having problems."

I responded, "nope."

He chuckled lightly.

I asked curiously, "do the other imprints fight?"

Paul said thoughtfully, "Well..Jared, Sam, Quil and Jacob are total softies to their imprints. Leah and I aren't like that. That's one thing we agree on, we refuse to become a doormat just because legends say that's what we are supposed to do."

I hummed in response. Paul kissed my neck, and he said behind me ear, "but it doesn't mean I won't treat you right. "

I chuckled lightly, "I know."

I asked curiously, "am I forgiven?"

There was a pause. Paul said eventually, "yeah..just don't abuse your teacher's authority with me again."

I said earnestly, "I will try hard not to that again"

Paul said softly, "then you're forgiven."

I kissed his cheek and said gratefully, "thank you."

Paul grunted in response and buried his face into my neck, simply inhaling my scent. He is probably trying to calm himself down, so I gave him that opportunity and time to collect his feelings and thoughts. I could feel Paul's anger slowly fading away, so it brought my anxiety down and I felt happy that we are okay now.

I felt like the tension finally left between us, so I decided that it was time to leave. I got up from Paul's lap, and he whined. I was confused and I looked down, and there was a tent forming in his pants. I looked at him in disbelief then I belly laughed.

It will be him who would want sex after making up from arguing. I thought to myself.

Paul shrugged and lifted his hands, "what? we were slowly getting into the mood until you got up."

I chuckled lightly and I went through his hair with my fingers. I asked, "do you want me to take care of it here or wait until we get home?"

His eyes grew wide, and he grinned from ear to ear. I could see his erection growing bigger under his pants. He said excitedly, "here, babe."

I asked, "okay, you sure there is nobody nearby, right?"

He nodded his head eagerly, "yes babe."

I sensed he was telling the truth, so I bend over and kissed him sensually on the lips. I said softly, "what do you want me to do?"

I glanced at his eyes, and I slowly can see his eyes darken with lust. He said growling lowly, "I want head."

I got down on my knees. I glanced at Paul as I slowly unzip his pants and pulled out his dick. When I touched his head, he hissed and bit his lip. I wrapped both of hands, still without breaking eye contact. I was letting myself getting comfortable touching him and with me touching him. His cock was warm, and soft. I felt his cock twitch from my hands. I slowly tightened my grip, and I began to slide my hands up and down.

He then closed his eyes and threw his head back, moaning gutturally. I increased my pace, and he swore, "fuck."

I felt his cock swelling, so I knew he was about to cum. I jerked my head away to avoid his semen squirting onto my face and he moaned as he came. I wiped off my hands with tissues that was by the table, and I knelt to kiss the tip of his cock. He gasped.

He glanced back down, and he said excitedly, "are you going to-?"

I hummed with a sly smile, "mhm."

I opened my mouth. I trailed my tongue along his dick, licking the entire length before taking the head into my mouth.

Paul swore, "Shit. this is even better than my wet dreams."

Lol. I laughed internally.

He wrapped his fingers gently in my curly hair. I felt him thrust gently into my mouth. I stretched my jaw even wider, trying to be careful with not biting him to help him thrust deeper into my mouth. He growled and he increased his pace once he found the rhythm. It got to the point that I felt his cock engorging then he came in my mouth. I swallowed his cum to prevent myself from choking. Paul let go his hold on me, so I pulled out and gasped for air.

While I was wiping my mouth with a tissue, Paul said panting, "you good babe?"

I nodded mutely. I looked out the window, and I saw that it was slowly getting darker. I told Paul, "I think we have to go soon. The tribal police usually patrol over the school in the night, and he might be here any time soon."

Paul sighed, "yeah" as he stood up and pull his pants on. I went up to him and gave him a small peck on the lips.

I said sweetly, "we can continue this once we get back to our place."

I think Paul thought I was done for the day, but I was more far from done. I wanted to continue, but I rather do it in the comfort of my home than out in the open. Giving Paul a blowjob, it aroused me, so I feel the urge to have sex with Paul and I was feeling a little sexually frustrated.

Paul grinned wolfishly, "I like the sound of that."

I nodded, "alright, see you back home."

He nodded, grabbed his back, tossed it over his shoulder and left the room. I glanced outside, and I could see the small figure of Paul jogging toward the forest. I chuckled lightly to myself, seeing how eager Paul was to continue back home. I didn't want to make him wait for long, so I quickly grabbed my stuff, head toward my car and drove off home.

Author's note:

Here's the chapter! I am going to add some more smut in the next chapter. The next chapter is half-way done, so I might post soon.

Hope y'all enjoy!