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.

she cried out, surging

knees next to her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically

frozen in my tracks. My mouth hung open as I took

strewn all about

the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze

and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each studio

The sound of Tina's voice snapped me out of my daze, and I

over to the window to inspect the glass. It hadn't been broken, but I knew for a fact that we had closed it before we left

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

said. "We'll get funding if we pass the preliminary round, but until then, we're on

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

that hasn't been disbursed yet. I'll email the scholarship office and see what they can do. In the meantime, let's c Tina nodded and quickly pulled out

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

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Chapter 19

floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I

long ago, I had received word from the scholarship office that something

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

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

I said, holding out my folder with a terse smile.

professor took my file and

"Audrey Thatcher."

a moment before letting out a huff

"I-What?" I breathed, my eyes widening to