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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excitement for today's

into

inside-and it was only then that I let out the breath I hadn't even realized I

all of our hard work had paid off or if it was all

the start of all this, and even if we didn't make it into the next round, I was glad

Even if-

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

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

I called out, knocking softly on the stall door. "Are

a deafening silence in its wake. I heard a soft rustle from behind the door, and I stepped back just in time for it

saw the malicious

I breathed, taking a step back. "What

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

going to attend that assembly?" Linda giggled, folding her slender arms across her chest. She nodded toward another person that was just out of view. "Get

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all of the air out of me, and as they did, another pair of hands dug into my pocket

up the

had smashed my phone quickly scurried over to the door, peered out

weighed nothing. "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 tried to scream even

conscious.

as that utility closet

round if you're not there to collect

П

to the floor, the door slamming shut behind me before I could even scramble to my feet. My head hit the hard tiles, my

sound of a lock click from the other side, and the m**d sound of

wait there," she

that, she was gone. Gasping for air, I scrambled to my feet and lunged at

in a