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.

hell?!" she cried out, surging forward and turning in a slow circle. "Our

where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its fibers. Clutching the torn pieces in her hands, she

completely frozen in my tracks. My mouth hung

all about the studio as if a

across the floor, feathers floating lazily

of fabric, and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each studio space had been

a warzone. "Audrey, Audrey!" The sound of Tina's voice 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

a fact that we had closed it before we left last night. Someone must have opened it and "Time" Avis all

a hand through my hair.

we pass the preliminary round, but until then, we're on

allowance my parents gave me on this fabric!" Avis said, chucking the shreds of her outfit to the ground. "They can't afford

have to figure this out, guys," I insisted, already pulling out my phone. "I have a scholarship that hasn't been disbursed yet. I'll email the scholarship office and see what they can do. In the

make another set of outfits

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heels leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching

from the scholarship office that something

but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly. I needed this scholarship. My team

I was met with the face of the professor who had given me that envelope in front of

holding out my folder with a terse smile. "I called earlier about an

took my file and flipped through

"Audrey Thatcher."

for a moment before letting out a huff and

my eyes widening to twice their