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

principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and

He mentioned that today was the deadline for students to submit

at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The University of J City

her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked about or the refined gentleman he

up in front of Jonathan, some looking up at

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

frowned, not knowing what Brooke

you have

to reward outstanding students at the University of J City.

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr.

phone and showed everyone

Estelle getting into a luxurious car after school Estelle’s family is pretty average, so they probably can’t afford a car like

for Jonathan, everyone’s face changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you

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

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

explain this?” Brooke looked

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

sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of

and retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont, how can you say

those photos? If I speak up for her now, do you also want to say that there is

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

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

added, “This is how

was

silenced by Jonathan’s overwhelming

and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however,

her defense.

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

responded, “I’ll have someone

say something more, but the advisor stared

Jonathan and said with an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room, why don’t we go to my

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