One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 89 Edwin

I was still riding high on my victory over that little**t, Max, as settled back at my seat at the bar. Carefully adjusting my mask on my face, I dusted the last remnants of a scuffle in the courtyard off of the sleeves of my jacket and ordered another scotch-to celebrate, of course.

Charles, finally finding me after my little disappearing act, settled onto the seat next to me.

"Where did you go?" he whispered, keeping his voice low so only I could hear. "Was that you who taught that little s** a

lesson?

I sneered slightly, remembering the pathetic sight of Max cowering on the ground in front of me. Sipping my freshly refilled scotch, I said, "I didn't harm him, if it's any consolation. Not physically, at least." Charles quirked an eyebrow. "He looked pretty beat up when he came running back in here. Security escorted him out, accusing him of doing drugs in the bathroom."

"Good. Let them think that," I replied with a curt nod as I adjusted my tie clip. "And let's just say that he won't be bothering Audrey anymore, at least not for a good, long while

"I suppose you're not going to elaborate, Charles retorted with a chuckle.

I shook my head and quickly wiped a bit of marker off of the tip of my finger.

"Not here, I won't, I replied. "But I'll say this: I gave him a good scare. And the best part? He has no idea who I am. As far as he knows, I'm just some random masked man who caught him in the act and wrecked his expensive suit."

Charles chuckled. "Well, whatever you did, it seems to have worked. Look." He nodded his head toward a table toward the back of the gathering, where Audrey and her friends were currently grinning and laughing. Ms. Morrie was in the midst of calling out the winner's of tonight's rattle, and it seemed that Audrey's night had been a success.

I suppressed a shudder as I considered what might have happened if I hadn't removed that broom from the bathroom door. Audrey and her friend might have even been in the hospital by now. Despite my restraint, a small growl rumbled somewhere in my chest. "Maybe now he'll think twice before-"

"And the male winner is.. Number 491"

Ms. Morrie's voice rang through the speakers, echoing across the large reception hall. There was a brief moment of murmuring and shifting as male attendees checked their cards, only for the fated number 49 to be nowhere to be found.

"I'm number 48, Charles muttered, turning his card over between his fingers before glancing at me. "You don't suppose..."

1 froze, my hand instinctively going to the card I had stuffed in my pocket. Pulling it out, I stared in disbelief at the number printed there: 49,

Yeals, right. Like I was going to accept a reward for a date with a student.

"499" Ms. Morrie called out again, her eyes scanning the crowd. "Does anyone have the number 49 on their card?"

react, they would just assume

who had apparently seen my card, grabbed my wrist and

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here!" she called out excitedly. "Number 49 is

on me. I froze again, pressing

Ms. Morrie called out, beckoning me forward. She didn't recognize me behind

the room and reluctantly stood up and

of amusement in

way up to the podium. As I walked, I scanned the crowd, my eyes landing on Audrey. To my relief, she showed no sign of recognition. The colored contacts and mask were doing their job, I

mask covered her upper

Audrey who, thankfully, had her head bent at her table to

first-place winner! Ms. Morrie turned to the female raffle box, building the suspense as she dug deeply into the slips of paper. "Drumroll please. Number 1501" A silence. Murmuring. And

from her table. She looked bashful as she picked up her

with her to the planetarium. It was too romantic, too intimate. We shouldn't be romantic with each

sounded like a dream. I could almost picture it-the two of us all alone, surrounded by the vastness of the cosmos, a bottle of champagne between us, those big blue eyes of hers wide with wonder as she gazed up at the stars... No, I told myself firmly. Pull yourself together, Edwin. I would have to give away my winnings to someone else, perhaps one of Audrey's friends. It

kept my face turned away, praying she wouldn't recognize me. Thankfully, as she stepped up onto the stage, she didn't

end of the raffle,"

began to descend the stage steps back to the floor, hoping to just grab my coat and get the hell

"Hold

stiffening, as she said cheerfully. "It's now time

orchestra began to play a

Da**it.

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C

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to Audrey, careful to keep my face turned toward the shadows so as not to be recognized. She took it, and I led her to the dance floor, my heart pounding harder in my chest than

distracted, her eyes darting around

I was

the polite one, tried to strike up a conversation with me. "So, um, congratulations on

away; I didn't want her