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.

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

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 fibers. Clutching

was completely frozen in my tracks. My mouth hung open

pieces and strewn all about the studio as if a rabid cat had

floor, feathers floating lazily

smeared across every piece of fabric, and even the Mac computer that the

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 middle of the room Tina's face was

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

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

Tina said. "We'll get funding if we pass the preliminary

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

the scholarship office and see what they can do. In the meantime, let's c Tina nodded and quickly pulled out her phone, scurrying over to the

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

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Chapter 19

sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up to the

the scholarship office

again. It was a drag, but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly. I needed this scholarship. My team

professor who had

folder with a terse

took my file and flipped through it. "And your

"Audrey Thatcher."

computer for a moment before letting out a

stomach bottom out. "I-What?" I breathed, my eyes widening to