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

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

deadline for students to submit their

at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University

wondering whether the real Jonathan was the

to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking

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

not knowing what Brooke Hester

Ingram 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

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr. Ingrarn

her phone and showed everyone a post on

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

whispered, “Brooke,

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

face darkened as he took a look at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600

how do you explain this?” Brooke looked

expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy

in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious

retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont,

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

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

her, which allowed

added, “This is

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

silenced by Jonathan’s

rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows

her defense.

spoke in a deep voice, “Mr. Lamont is right. A few blurry photos shouldn’t be used

immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete

say something

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

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