One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 19 Audrey

"I can't wait to put the finishing touches on my pantsuit today. It's gonna look so great!"

"Me neither! I just need to make the hat for my top and skirt ensemble, and then I'm all done."

As Tina, Avis and I walked to our studio, the sound of their excited chatter brought a smile to my face. I sipped my coffee, feeling just as excited as they were; after all, we would be finished with our entries for th "We'll have to celebrate when we're all finished, Tina suggested, our shoes clicking on the tiled floorways as we walked in tandem. "I need a drink

after all that work."

"Ugh. Me too." Avis audibly cracked her neck without missing a beat. "These past two weeks have felt like fabric hell. I need a cold beer, some nachos to share, and to dance the night away

Tina giggled. "What about you, Audrey?"

I offered my

friends a smile and nodded as I fished our studio keys out of my pocket. "It's a date."

My smile faded, however, the moment the door creaked open.

There, in the center of the small studio space, were our three mannequins-

or at least, what used to be our mannequins. Not anymore, though. No, our three painstaking outfits that we had tirelessly spent two weeks constructing had been..

Destroyed.

Avis was the first to react. She let out a small squeak of shock, dropping her coffee to the floor. The milky liquid splashed across the tiles, soaking our shoes, but none of us noticed.

lifted a trembling hand to her lips. "What the hell?!" she cried out, surging forward and turning in a slow

to her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its fibers. Clutching the torn

however, was completely frozen in my tracks. My mouth hung open as I took in the scene in front of

outfits had been utterly destroyed, shredded to pieces and strewn all

floating lazily in the breeze seeping in through the open

piece of fabric, and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each

snapped me out of my daze, and I blinked to see her and Avis standing in the middle of the room Tina's face was bright red with fury and Avis's makeup was running "What are we gonna do?" Avis whimpered, still clutching

a fact that we had

I said, running a hand through my hair. "If we hurry, then

pass the preliminary round,

me on this fabric!" Avis said, chucking the shreds of her outfit

have a scholarship that hasn't been disbursed yet. I'll email the scholarship office and see what they can

going to afford to make another set of outfits for the competition. And

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Chapter 19

on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up to the

long ago, I had received word from the scholarship office that something was wrong with my

drag, but I still managed to scrape

the face of the professor who had given me that envelope

my folder with a terse smile. "I

file and flipped through

"Audrey Thatcher."

out a huff and slid

bottom out. "I-What?" I breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original