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?

saw Estelle, his gaze

the former student and current president

deadline for students to submit their

at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University

whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked about or the

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

just now suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr.

not knowing what Brooke Hester was

said, “If you have something

Estelle and said, “Mr. Lamont’s scholarship is meant to reward outstanding students at the University of J City. I think that being outstanding should not only

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good moral character, right?”

Mr.

phone and showed everyone a post on the

days ago, someone saw Estelle getting into a luxurious car after school Estelle’s family 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

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

at the phone, there was only some blurry photos

you explain this?” Brooke looked at Estelle

face was expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy

sarcastic tone, “What era are we in

teeth and retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont, how can you say

If I speak up for her now, do you also want to say that there is something going on between

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

suddenly grateful that Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed him to speak up

“This is how

which was clearly a satire on Brooke’s

was silenced by

changed, Brooke was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable.

her defense.

A few blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and

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

say

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

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