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 sweeping over her

dean hurriedly greeted the principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont Group, as the sponsor

with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline

looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of

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

to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking up at

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

what Brooke Hester

said, “If you have something to say, just

the University of J City. I think that being outstanding should not only include academic performance, but

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good moral character, right?”

Mr.

showed everyone a post

pretty average, so they probably can’t afford a car like that I think we can all guess what she was doing is someone

face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying this in front

let Mr. Lamont know what kind

took a look at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an older man

you explain this?”

gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who are you? Why should I explain anything

signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would still use such

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

those photos? If I speak up for her

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

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

added, “This is how prestigious

which was clearly a

by Jonathan’s

was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not expecting that Jonathan would come

her defense.

A 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

have someone delete

was still not satisfied and wanted to say something more, but the

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

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