Chapter 26

Edwin & Audrey

Edwin's POV

I slammed my laptop shut with a huff and leaned back in my chair. No matter how hard I tried to direct my attention toward the sun pouring in

window, I just couldn't seem to get those words out of my mind. through the open

"Audrey Thatcher has filed a request to admit Gavin Matthews to her team," the email from Ms. Morrie had read. "While we typically would not accept such a request this late in the semester, I have personally decided to approve it; Miss Thatcher has already displayed a lot of grit despite her obstacles..."

Frowning, I rose abruptly from my chair and walked over to the window. It was only cracked open, so I threw it open all the way and leaned over the windowsill, letting the morning breeze hit my face. Audrey. Gavin.

It had started simply with him being our waiter; then, I had found them on the verge of kissing the other night, and now they were applying to be team members together.

No, not just applying. They were team members now.

Of course, the email from the vice dean wasn't the first I had heard of their new partnership; I had heard whispers around campus, conversations in the faculty break room, hushed murmurs in the hallways.

"I think she's just accepting everyone to her group in order to keep her studio," some people were saying.

"Well, I'm excited to see where her team will go with this. Their last design was excellent," others were saying.

"What are your thoughts, Professor Brooks?" one of the other professors in the faculty lounge had asked me just yesterday. "Miss Thatcher is your teaching assistant, correct?"

At that moment, I had gripped my coffee cup so tightly that I thought I might break the ceramic. "It's still just a rumor," I had said nonchalantly, turning my back to pour myself another cup of coffee even though I had already had three cups that day-lack of sleep had been getting to me lately. "I'll start caring if it's actually confirmed."

Yeah, well, it wasn't just a rumor anymore; Audrey and Gavin were working together, and what was next? Officially dating? Walking down the hallways, hand-in-hand?

"You're getting jealous again."

back to reality. I clenched my

back of my mind. "She's

your way to follow her the

at my wolf's words. Straightening, I slammed the window shut and returned to

coincidence," I said out

wolf merely hummed in disagreement. I sighed, sinking down into my chair, and opened

and yes, I think she's cute. But we're

you don't get

"Precisely."

"Not even your betrothed?"

at the mention of her and pursed my lips into a thin

Audrey's POV

said, opening the studio

7:38 PM

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gaudy yellow polyester with a paisley

running his fingers along the

exchanged

fabric and we'll let you on the team,"

but you're not fit to join us," Avis finished, flipping a wispy

on his face-clearly trying to decide whether we were messing with him or not. But

at my watch.

ugly yellow fabric and got to work measuring, cutting, and pinning. Smirking, I slid a stool up to join Avis and Tina and sat beside

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