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.

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

where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its

mouth hung open as I took in the

destroyed, shredded to pieces and strewn all about the studio

the floor, feathers floating lazily in

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

weeks had been turned into a warzone. "Audrey, Audrey!" The sound of Tina's voice snapped me out of my daze, and I blinked to see her and Avis

window to inspect the glass. It hadn't been broken, but I knew for a fact that we had closed it before we left last night. Someone must have opened it and "Time" Avis all but shrieked "Audrey,

my hair.

if we pass the

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

they can do. In the meantime, let's

this funding it we were going to afford to make another set of outfits for the competition. And we needed

436 PM

Chapter 19

floor. Clutching the folder containing my

received word from the

needed to submit everything again. It was a drag, but I still managed

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

with a terse smile. "I called

file and flipped

"Audrey Thatcher."

computer for a moment before letting out a huff and slid my folder back to me.

breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original