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.

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

her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its fibers. Clutching the torn pieces in her hands, she let out a sob that wracked

my tracks. My mouth hung open as I

and strewn all about the

and scraps of leather were scattered across the floor, feathers floating

fabric, and even the Mac computer that the school

Avis and I had spent countless hours laughing, chatting, and listening to music while we worked over the past two 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 standing in the

It hadn't been broken, but I knew for a fact that we had closed it before we left last night.

a hand through my hair. "If

funding if 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

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

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

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Chapter 19

my heels leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up to the desk with my lips

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

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

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

with a terse

took my file and flipped through

"Audrey Thatcher."

moment before letting out a huff and slid my folder back

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