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

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

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

seemed to spend more time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of J City has

whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked about

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

“Since Mr. Lamont,

what Brooke Hester was up

said, “If you have something to say, just

is meant to reward outstanding students at 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?”

course!” Mr. Ingrarn

out her phone and showed everyone a

few days ago, someone saw Estelle getting 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 an

The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are

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

was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an older man whose face

how do you explain this?”

expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy

“What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would still use such baseless rumors to slander someone’s

teeth and retorted, “There are photos, Mr.

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

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

hadn’t recognized her, which allowed him

“This is how

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

by Jonathan’s

embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her eyebrows in surprise, not expecting

her defense.

blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and it shouldn’t be on the University

immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete

to say something more, but the advisor stared

smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room, why don’t

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