One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter

47

Audrey & Third Person

Audrey's POV

1 woke up carlier than usual for the announcement ceremony-too excited to s. -p any longer. Over the course of the next hour, I painstakingly dressed myself in a sleek black mini dress, curled my hair, and did my makeup.

I wanted to look perfect; because today was the day that my friends and I might be crossing the stage in front of all of Grayspring Academy to accept our badges and move to the next portion of the fashion show competition. "Audrey, are you ready?" Tina asked, her voice echoing through my door. "If we're not all there to collect our badges, none of us can move to the next part of the competition.

Checking my appearance in the mirror one last time, I nodded to myself and swung the door open. "How do I look?" I asked, striking a pose in the doorway.

Tina and Avis, who were both dressed to the nines themselves, giggled and fawned me. "You're gonna make Max so jealous when you walk across the stage wearing that," Avis cooed.

Tina smirked and nudged me. "Or someone else will be jealous," she said, shooting me

a wink

My face flushed as the events of last night came flooding back-walking up to the bar, touching Edwin's arm, asking him to buy me a drink. The way he had **ked his thumb through my belt loop and tugged me just a little bit closer, a soft growl playing on his lips.

It had all been too much. When I had returned to my friends at our table, my face had been so red that no one even dared to ask what had happened. I had given up playing any drinking games after that.

"I doubt it," I retorted, looking away from Tina's piercing gaze as though that would somehow hide the fact th my face was as red as a fresh beet.

As we made our way out of the dorms and toward the auditorium, the fresh morning air hit my skin and relaxed me a bit. Up ahead, Gavin and Betty were already waiting. The five of us.

the throng of people toward the main campus h...

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bustling with excitement for today's

as we pushed our way into the main building. "I just need to use the

way inside-and it was only then that I let out the breath I hadn't even realized I had been holding. Rubbing my hand over the back of my neck, I walked over to the

the day that we would find out if all of our hard work had paid off or if it

three new friends since the start of all this, and even if

Even if-

toward the row of bathroom stalls behind me. Somewhere toward the back, I could hear the

toward the source of the sound, pr**king my ears to get a better listen. Just as I thought, someone was sobbing quietly in

softly on the stall door. "Are you

its wake. I heard a soft rustle from behind the door, and I stepped back just in

the malicious

taking a step back. "What are

into a rigid form behind me. A pair of strong arms wrapped around me, one holding my own arms down against my waist and the other coming up to cover my mouth before I

giggled, folding her slender arms across

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kicked and wriggled, it was no use; the massive arms around me were practically strangling all of the air out of me, and as they did, another pair of hands dug into my pocket and retrieved my phone. My wild eyes darted over, a m**ed scream reverberating in my

up the

my phone quickly scurried over to the door,

"This will only be temporary, Audrey," Linda cooed as her friend carried me down the hall. Up ahead, there was a utility closet with the door swung open. I kicked and

conscious.

I thought to myself as that utility closet drew nearer.

the closet. "You can't move on to the next round if you're not there to collect your badge, huh, Audrey?" she purred. "But don't worry; once this is all over, we'll finally

П

the world tilted around me. Linda's friend practically threw me to the floor, the door slamming shut behind me before I could even scramble to

I heard the sound of a lock click from the other side, and

wait there," she said. "Someone will find you

scrambled to my

in