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

greeted the principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont

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

to spend more time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The

looked at the handsome side profile of the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked about

a few students to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking up at him in awe, while others shyly

chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor

knowing what Brooke Hester was up

have something to say, just say

Lamont’s scholarship is meant to reward outstanding students at the University of

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr. Ingrarn

phone and showed

average, so they probably can’t afford a car like that I

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

kind of people his scholarships are supporting Isn’t that a

took a look at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of

explain this?”

icy cold, “Who

era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would still use such baseless rumors to slander

retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont, how can

see in those photos? If I speak up for her now, do you

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

suddenly grateful that Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed

added, “This is how prestigious students

emphasized the word “prestigious”, which was clearly a satire on Brooke’s previous

by Jonathan’s

and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not expecting that Jonathan

her defense.

few blurry photos shouldn’t be

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

say something more, but the advisor stared

and said with an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr.

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