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

Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont

after shaking hands with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit their scholarship applications, and all the students present had benefited from Mr.

at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University

rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked

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

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

advisor frowned, not knowing what Brooke Hester was up

gently said, “If you have something

scholarship is meant to reward outstanding students at the University of J City.

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr. Ingrarn

out her phone and showed everyone a post on the

luxurious car after school Estelle’s family is pretty average, so they probably can’t

face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are

her eyebrows, “I want to let Mr. Lamont know what kind of people his scholarships are supporting

only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600

you explain this?” Brooke looked

usually gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who

tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university

photos, Mr.

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

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed him

added, “This is how

which was clearly a satire on Brooke’s

silenced by

uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not

her defense.

few blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and it shouldn’t be on the University of J City’s forum in the first

advisor immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete

say something more, but the

the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room, why don’t we go to my office

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