One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 108 Audrey

That morning, I found myself sitting in Leo's office for the second day in a row.

"Care to explain, Audrey?"

Leo leaned back in his chair, looking utterly exasperated. The jovial young man who had introduced me to the team just yesterday seemed gone now, replaced by someone who was tire and angry.

I swallowed hard and glanced over my shoulder. Through the glass door leading to the rest of the design department, the others had returned to their work-but I could still feel their judgment, their hatred, And for something that I hadn't done.

"I don't know anything about what happened with that mannequin," I said, folding my arms across my chest. "Someone else must have done it."

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" Shaking his head, he tapped on his keyboard for a few moments, then turned the screen toward me there, staring back at me, was CCTV footage from my cleaning last night.

And in the video. I could be seen pinning fabric scraps to the mannequin. I pursed my lips, waiting for the moment Leo would see that I had only made a brief mockup of a design and had taken the scraps off, which I knew I did.

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In the video, my body conveniently blocked the mannequin from view... And when I walked away, the vulgar shape that had been on the mannequin this morning was magically there. Whatever footage there had been of me removing the scraps had been cut away, making it appear as though I simply walked out.

My eyes widened, and I literally leaped out of my seat

"I didn't do that!" I practically screeched

Once again, Leo's eyebrow shot up. "So you're saying that the footage was fake?" he asked, almost with an angry sort of amusement.

"I-It had to be!" I stammered, my mind racing. "I was just using the scraps to make a mockup of a design last night-for my project. When I was finished, I took the scraps off and put them in the bin. I swear I did."

Leo's expression simply hardened, his eyes narrowing. "No one could have tampered with the CCTV footage, Audrey. It clearly shows you arranging the scraps into that... shape." He paused, his face twisting with disgust. "I expected better from you."

1 felt like I was going to be sick. The room seemed to spin around me as I tried to process what was happening, and I slowly sank back down into my chair, my head in my hands. It didn't make sense; I knew what I did last night. I never would have done something like that.

my voice shaking by now. "Someone must have tampered with the footage. I swear, I would never do

to believe you, Audrey," he murmured. But the evidence is pretty d**g. I'm afraid I

punch to the face, Probation. After only

p**ng at the corners of my eyes, but I blinked the back furiously. I wouldn't cry. Not

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"But I didn't..."

work today," Leo continued, his voice softening ever

feeling utterly defeated. It seemed I had no choice but to comply; the footage had been altered, but no one would believe me. I wondered if Linda had something to do with it, but I had no proof, and no way of

sir," I muttered, before turning to leave his

on me. Whispers followed in my wake. I caught snippets of conversation, each

you hear what that intern

believe

"Truly disgusting behavior."

in my skin, but I kept my head down just as Leo instructed, de*termined to focus on my initial design project and nothing

boring into me from across our little cluster. But every time I looked up, she appeared to be utterly focused on her own work. It was maddening. Was I imagining things? Going paranoid? The constant feeling of being watched made my skin

Leo called Linda and me to the conference room to present our designs to the other designers. My palms were sweaty as I clutched my folder to my chest, hoping that my work would speak for itself. The room was filled with senior designers as Linda and I entered, their gazes critical-especially when they landed

The problem intern.

first, confidently striding to the front of the room to give her presentation. As she unveiled her design, gasps and appreciative murmurs filled the air. It was beautiful, I

squinted at the sketch, noticing the faint smudges. They were only on the left side of the lines, indicating

else drawn this for

the risk. The memory of Leo's disappointed face was still too fresh in my mind. "Excellent

a deep breath, I stood and made my way to the front. My legs felt like jelly, and the short walk seemed to take an eternity. I opened my folder, ready to present

My heart was pounding so hard I

sighs and see eye rolls. The room suddenly felt too hot, too small.

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