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

former student and current president of the Lamont Group, as the sponsor

mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit their scholarship applications, and all the students present had

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

side profile of the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy

on a few students to stand up in front of

girl who stared at Estelle just now suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here, I have something to

knowing what

“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

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good moral character, right?”

Mr.

out her phone and showed everyone

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

advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying this in front of

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

phone, there was only some blurry photos of

do you explain this?” Brooke looked at Estelle

delicate face was expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who are you? Why should I explain anything to

to reply, Jonathan suddenly interjected in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would still

are photos, Mr.

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

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

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

added, “This is how prestigious students

word “prestigious”, which was

silenced by Jonathan’s

facial expressions slightly changed, Brooke was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not expecting

her defense.

shouldn’t be used to judge someone,

“I’ll have someone delete the post right

satisfied and wanted to say something more, but the advisor stared her

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

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