One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 219

Audrey

My heart was pounding in my chest as I stood in front of the mirror, adjusting my graduation cap for what felt like the hundredth time that morning. I groaned

miserably, quickly becoming frustrated with the damn thing; the tassel kept swinging into my face, no matter how I positioned it.

“Damn tassel… Stay where I put you!”

Suddenly, a familiar form walked into view behind me. I didn’t even need to look to know that my mate had walked into the room-I had been picking up his scent lingering in the hallway, clearly trying to decide whether he should come in and help or let me stew on my own, for the last ten minutes already.

Before I could protest, warm hands were grabbing my cap and turning it, then pinning it back into my hair with practiced precision.

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“There,” Edwin said softly when he was finished, his gray eyes meeting mine in the mirror. “You had it on backwards. Is that better?”

Nodding, I turned to face him, my stomach roiling with butterflies and pre-graduation nausea. “Are you sure I look alright?” I asked, reaching up to adjust my cap again. “I feel like I look ridiculous in this giant gown.”

Edwin’s lips curled into a tiny smile, and he caught my hand before I could touch the cap again. “You look beautiful, Audrey. Especially with your silver streak on display.” His fingers brushed against the distinctive strip of hair, pinching the strands between his thumb and forefinger.

Without giving me a chance to respond, he leaned in and kissed me deeply. When we parted, I was slightly breathless and a little flushed.

Right now, part of me wanted to just take my mate’s hand and run off into the sunset, skipping my graduation ceremony. I knew if I asked, he would do it. But Lalso knew I would regret it if I didn’t walk the stage with my friends-especially after all I had done to get here.

“You’re going to do great today,” Edwin,

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me, sensing my anxiety through the

bond. “It’ll be over before you know it and you’ll wish it had been longer.”

use. “I know, I just… I can’t help but

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an end to an era, and endings are often sad,” Edwin said gently. “But just think of it this way: one door is closing, and another is opening. Besides…” He flashed me one of those signature smirks that had become all the more common as of late. “I’ve got a big surprise for you when it’s all

kept in his nightstand; well, it wasn’t there anymore. He had moved it-I’d gone to snoop yesterday and it was gone. But I knew he still had

was in

him, trying to feel the outline of a box in his pocket with my

chuckled, shaking his head. There was nothing in

definitely not a little velvet box that I felt pressing

เ

to wait and see,” he

a sea of black gowns and excited faces. spotted Tina, Betty, and Gavin near the front, waving

“I

Edwin, suddenly reluctant to leave his side! He squeezed my hand reassuringly. “I’ll

the bleachers, the sound of ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played by the university

at me, and I felt a sense of relief upon seeing their faces-but

mother wasn’t here today. Not that I expected her to be-she was still in the

but I found it hard to focus. My eyes kept wandering the crowd, my mind flitting around like an errant hummingbird. I kept thinking

the other side of that door was nothing but

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podium, looking radiant despite the unflattering gown. She took a deep breath, her

path we have traveled-four years of late nights, early mornings, triumphs, and failures. Ahead of us stretches the unknown, a future full of possibilities and challenges

felt tears prick at my

today, I am filled with hope. Because I know that each and every one of us has the power to shape that future. We have been given the tools, the

gaze sweeping across the room. Finally, her eyes landed on me, and I saw her gaze soften. “We have all faced our own struggles to get here,” she said, her voice lowering

of everything we had been through-my struggles with my identity, Tina coming out to her

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resilience, the compassion, and tharry with us not

determination that have brought

far. Let’s use what we have learned here to make the world a