One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 265

Audrey

The blade pressed against Betty’s throat looked like it was a mere twitch away from piercing her skin. Her eyes were wide, terrified, her breathing heavy around the gag in her mouth.

One wrong move and… I couldn’t even finish the thought.

Beside me, Peter’s entire body tensed. “Bastard,” he hissed, not even deigning to glance at Mr. Black. Peter moved to take a step forward, but the guard just tightened his grip around Betty’s neck, that knife poised to strike.

“Ah ah ah,” Black said coolly, waggling his thick finger at Peter. “Nobody makes a move. Unless you want your friend to die.” Edwin and I spared a glance at one another, silently agreeing to obey–for now, at least. We both took a small step back. Edwin grabbed Peter’s arm, pulling him along with him. Peter begrudgingly moved, if only for Betty’s sake.

Only then did the guard relax his grip ever so slightly.

“You know,” Black began, rising from his desk and adjusting his cufflinks as if we were having a standard business meeting, “I had everything before you two showed up.” He straightened his tie and sighed. “Everything.”

He didn’t look at me, didn’t even acknowledge me directly. His focus was all on Edwin.

“My business was thriving. I had respect. Power. And then, you decided to rip the rug out from under me for the sake of one girl ten years your junior.” He shook his head, clicking his tongue. “Disgusting, Edwin. Truly.”

“That’s rich coming from you, who tried to get her to sleep with you in exchange for a bloody mentorship, old man,” Edwin snarled.

Black chuckled and waved his hand dismissively. “Perhaps. But did I deserve to go bankrupt for it? I think not.

“And when my company finally went under,” Black continued, “your brother–Axel–came along. Promised me more. He promised that if I just kept Audrey down, if I just gave her a little nudge into his arms, that I’d take over Brooks Designs.”

Black’s eyes narrowed slightly, flicking toward me for just a fraction of a second. It all made sense now–the thesis presentation. Black wanted me to fail, wanted me to fall into misery. He thought it would make me more pliable and easily manipulated.

course, that fell apart too,” he sighed. “Shame on

warehouse floor below, where the machines kept whirring nonstop. Production had to continue, of course. “Enslaving

the attention of stupid teenagers.” He spread his arms, his smile growing. “I built it from nothing. And now look at it. The profit

was taking everything in me not to charge across the room and

his face.

and calculated, his fingers tracing along her jaw. She whimpered, the knife pressing closer to

you take this from me too,” Black finished. “Not

isn’t everything,” Edwin spat, his voice shaking with fury

the moral outrage, Edwin.” Black rolled his eyes, his hand falling away from Betty’s trembling face. “Brooks Designs is no stranger to underpaid labor. This is a capitalist society, after all. We have

to someone behind us, and the sound of footsteps filled the room. I

were now crackling

Cattle prods.

desk. His attention turned to Betty, his

pressed the knife just a little closer, and I could see the faintest trickle

forward instinctively. Rough hands grabbed him from behind, yanking him away. He struggled against the grip, but the guard’s hold was firm, forcing his arms behind his

just as fiercely, our bodies straining as three more guards wrestled

I was suddenly kicked in the hand by a steel–toed boot, crunching my pinky finger like butter. Without thinking, I yelped and dropped

voice a little too casual as he strolled toward the door. “You think you can save everyone. But sometimes…” He paused,

bad guys win,” he whispered, his hot

the guards began pulling us toward the exit, ignoring our snarls and shouts. I saw Edwin and Peter begin to shift, but they were

the room, I caught Betty’s eyes–wide, terrified. But there was something else there

Now, her eyes

seemed to

say.