The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 68

On the ceremony stage, Ivanka Poplin, a top student in the University of New Capital City’s music department, was delivering her graduation speech with her father standing right beside her. Both father and daughter were teary-eyed and filled with emotion for the four years of university life.

“Ivanka’s father is so handsome! And he’s so young too!”

“Ivanka is the most beautiful student on campus, so it’s pretty obvious that she inherited her parents’ good genes!”

“Whoa, Ivanka’s father said he’d donate three pianos to the school’s music department! They’re so rich!”

“I really envy Ivanka’s life! She has such an amazing family background, her parents dote on her a lot, and she’s both pretty and smart!”

Ivanka delivered her graduation speech with her father and she went down the stage feeling pride as she listened to the praise and envy of her peers

Backstage, she saw Corinne sitting quietly at the end for her turn to go on stage.

According to international practice, the person who went on stage last was generally the most important. Ivanka was incredibly unhappy with that arrangement, but she did not dare to protest when she heard that it was the dean who arranged it.

asked an obvious question, “Did you come on your

nodded and said,

you were abandoned at such a young age. Just thinking about it is miserable enough already! Guess it doesn’t come as a surprise

relying on them

for you, Corinne. I meant you no harm when I said that, but you just had to respond with hurtful words! My father was right: there’s always something about poor people that makes them hateful!”

the emcee at the front announced Corinne’s name,

on stage.

got on the stage sans makeup, yet her demeanor was calm and her smile was confident. Her graduation speech was captivating due to her

the previous graduates, which were emotional only for the speech-giver.

some whispers in the audience.

exactly what you’d expect from top student Corinne. Her graduation speech really

that you mention it, Corinne might not have a good background like

embodies the true nature of a star student because she hails from the math department. She’s much prettier than Ivanka too!”

matter how pretty and smart she is, she’s still an illegitimate daughter! Didn’t you know that she came here by herself today because none of her parents were willing to accompany her to attend

she was born from an affair that her father had with another woman! Apples don’t fall far from the tree, and I believe she’s

other students, pulled the arm of one of her peers and said hypocritically, “Oh! Don’t say that! Corinne has such a pitiful life! Even if she did do something she was ‘forced to’, it was