Chapter 3

Estelle spaced out for a moment.

The man spoke in a cold tone, “What are you following me for? Are you a student at the University of J City?”

He had noticed the girl following him all the way, stopping whenever he stopped and even followed him to the elevator

Estelle’s face flushed, but quickly returned to a calm expression, “Is this the way to your home? It’s a public place, why do you think I am following you?”

A hint of coldness flashed in the man’s eyes. He leaned back a step to make way for Estelle to get on the elevator.

Estelle scoffed, “Never mind, I don’t want any misunderstandings.”

She then turned and headed for the stairs.

The elevator doors closed behind her, blocking out the sight of the man’s narrowing eyes.

Afraid of bumping into Jonathan again, Estelle decided to take the stairs up to the ninth floor.

When she arrived at the conference room, her advisor and the dean of the economics department were

discussing something. They gave her a look, signaling her to wait a bit.

A few other students were also there to hand in their documents, among which a pair of gloomy eyes stared at Estelle maliciously.

Pretending not to see, Estelle took out her phone and played Sudoku for a while.

In less than five minutes, she solved a round and heard footsteps approaching.

“You’ve been back for a while, huh? It’s about time you came back!”

With the principal’s voice, two people entered the conference room, one was Mr. Ingram, and the other….

Estelle couldn’t help but frown. What are the odds?

also saw Estelle, his gaze sweeping over her

Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont Group, as the

instantly became more respectful after shaking hands with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit their

time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of J City has always been

the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked

called on a few students to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking up

stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here,

not knowing what

gently said, “If you have something to say,

is meant to reward outstanding students at the University

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good moral character, right?”

Mr. Ingrarn

out her phone and showed

is pretty average, so they probably can’t afford a car like that I think we can all guess what she was

everyone’s face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying this in front of Mr.

want to let Mr. Lamont know what kind of people his scholarships are supporting Isn’t that a waste of his

a look at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an older man whose face was

how do you explain this?” Brooke looked

icy cold, “Who are

interjected in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would still use such baseless rumors to

retorted, “There are photos,

those photos? If I speak up for her now, do you also want to

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

that Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed

“This is how

“prestigious”, which was clearly

was silenced by Jonathan’s overwhelming

also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised

her defense.

blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and it shouldn’t be on the University of J City’s forum in

immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete the post right

wanted to say

and said with an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference

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