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.

now. "Someone must have tampered with the footage. I

up his neat appearance. "Look, I want to believe you, Audrey,"

word hit me like a punch to the face,

corners of my eyes, but

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"But I didn't..."

softening ever so slightly. "No more trouble, and you'll be

choice but to comply; the footage had been altered, but no one would believe me. I wondered if

before turning to leave

to my desk, I could feel dozens of eyes on me. Whispers followed in my wake. I caught snippets of conversation, each one making me feel more and more

you hear what that intern

believe

"Truly disgusting behavior."

like needles in my skin, but I kept my head down just

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

the conference room to present our designs to the other designers. My palms were sweaty as I clutched my folder to my chest, hoping

The problem intern.

the room to give her presentation. As she unveiled her design, gasps and appreciative murmurs filled the air. It was beautiful, I had to admit. The lines were clean, the concept innovative. But something

faint smudges. They were only on the left side of the lines, indicating

else drawn this

worth the risk. The memory of Leo's disappointed face

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

understand, I summered, frantically flipping through the empty folder. My heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. "They were right here.

their seats. I could hear impatient sighs and see eye rolls.

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