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?

his gaze sweeping over her

hurriedly greeted the principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and

respectful after shaking hands with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit their scholarship applications, and all

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

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

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

in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here, I have something to

frowned, not knowing what Brooke

gently said, “If you have something to say,

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 include academic performance,

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr.

and showed

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 doing is someone like this really

for Jonathan, everyone’s face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying this in

know what kind of people his scholarships

some blurry photos of Estelle getting

explain this?” Brooke looked

now icy cold, “Who are you? Why should

we

photos, Mr. Lamont, how can you say

sneered, “What did you see in those photos? If I speak up for her now,

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

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

added, “This is how

which was clearly

was silenced by

rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not

her defense.

be used to judge someone,

immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete

say something more, but

an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the

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