One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 279

Audrey

Edwin and I emerged from the small room, his hand still resting protectively on my back. The hustle and bustle of last- minute preparations immediately hit us, assistants running back and forth, models being ushered into position, and the soft hum of the audience’s chatter drifting through the walls.

“I guess no one would have noticed our little tryst anyway,” Edwin mused under his breath with a smirk.

I glanced up at him, wiggling my eyebrows suggestively. But a sound caused us both to whip our heads toward the dressing

area.

“Owww! My ankle!”

Exchanging worried glances, Edwin and I rushed toward the sound. A small group had gathered in a huddle near the back of the dressing area. In the center of the commotion was a young woman, one of the models, seated on a chair with her head in her hands. Her shoulders shook as she cried out.

I hurried over, Edwin following closely behind.

“What happened?” I asked, kneeling in front of the model. She looked up at me, her face pale, tears clinging to her lashes. “I–I twisted my ankle really bad,” she stammered, wincing as she shifted her foot slightly. “I was fine earlier, but it hurts to put any weight on it now…”

Someone behind her chimed in, “She tripped backstage. I thought she’d just shaken it off, but…”

I glanced down at her ankle, which was already beginning to swell slightly under the delicate straps of her shoe. The show was minutes from starting. Panic might have been setting in, but I couldn’t afford that luxury–not now.

I took a calming breath, tapping into that silver pool of energy inside of me. With a reassuring smile, I reached out to touch/ her ankle. “May I?” I asked.

She winced, flinching away.

“It’s alright,” I murmured. “I’ll help you.”

a moment of hesitation, the model

touch her ankle.

flow from my fingertips. It started

took a few seconds. I felt the tension in the model’s ankle release, her muscles relaxing as the

whispered, pulling my hand back. “Try

her foot, flexing her ankle with a look of surprise and relief on her face. Her tears began to fade as

breathed, a smile breaking through. “Thank you,

rising. “It’s what I’m here for. Now, get into

that, the model got to her feet, her previous limp now gone. The relief from the surrounding crew was palpable, and I looked up at Edwin, I saw a look of pride in his eyes.

as

everyone,” the stage manager said, clapping her

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dimmed and the music began to play, a hush fell over the audience. I slipped into the shadows by

watching as the first model stepped

blazer set with an oversized, masculine

had used to stitch everything together glimmered under the stage lights. Cameras flashed, the crowd oohing and ahhing over the

a warm gold tone. The plunging neckline accentuated the model’s bust, the strappy heels and golden arm bands making her look as if she was bound by gold threads. Her hair was long and straight,

intricate stitching, the late–night sketches, and the dreams the three of us had poured into this collection. My heart swelled close to

up, finding Edwin beside me, his gaze focused on the runway but

runway, and the audience’s murmurs of

it was time for

I hoped that this piece wasn’t too out there, too eccentric. I hoped that people would understand the meaning

nonsense.

onto the runway. I held

layered gold and silver, with Joseph’s drawings interwoven into every inch of the design. There were the cheerful drawings he’d shown me, the flowers and birds and rays of sunlight. But there were

hundreds, all of them coalescing into the train at the back of the