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?

gaze sweeping over

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

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

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

the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan

a few students to stand up in front of Jonathan,

chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here, I have something to

not knowing what Brooke Hester was up

you have

the University of J City. I think that being outstanding should not only

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good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr. Ingrarn

showed

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 you

her eyebrows, “I want to let Mr. Lamont know what kind of people his scholarships are supporting Isn’t that a

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

this?”

usually gentle eyes now icy cold,

suddenly interjected in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we

retorted, “There are photos, Mr.

speak up for her now,

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

which allowed him to speak up

added, “This is

was clearly a satire on Brooke’s

silenced by Jonathan’s

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

her defense.

frowned and spoke in a deep voice, “Mr. Lamont is right. 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 first

have someone delete the

say

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

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