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.

her lips. "What the hell?!" she cried out, surging forward and

vandalized them Avis sobbed, already full-on crying. She fell to her knees next to her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its

hung open as I took in the scene in

all about the studio as if

the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze seeping in through the open

Mac computer that the school

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 handful of fabric.

knew for a fact

got two weeks," I said, running a hand through my hair. "If we hurry, then we can

funding if we pass

Avis said, chucking the shreds of her outfit to the ground. "They can't afford

what they can do. In the meantime, let's c Tina nodded and quickly pulled out

it we were going to afford to make another set

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Chapter 19

heels leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship

I had received word from the scholarship office that something

again. It was a drag, but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly.

of the professor who had given me that envelope in front

I said, holding out my folder with a terse

my file and flipped through it. "And

"Audrey Thatcher."

before letting out a huff and slid my folder back to me. "Your application has

breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original size. "That can't