A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Donovan could not figure out whether or not Arielle had noticed it, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue with his thesis introduction.

"My topic is the utilization of elementary mathematics methods to solve further mathematics problems.In the field of further mathematics..."

Ten minutes were allocated for the thesis introduction, but Donovan only used less than five.

He had forgotten most of the script he had prepared beforehand, and he could not even improvise anything.

The only thing he could do was repeat the important points in his thesis as if he was reading off the paper.Yet, he could not even read it well.

Donovan was fumbling for words as if he had become a stutterer overnight.

After the agonizing five minutes, he sighed in relief and waited for the professors to ask him questions.

There were only two parts to the thesis defense—an introduction to the thesis and a question-and-answer session.

Right after he put down his copy of the thesis, he heard Selena's querying in a dissatisfied tone.

"As a student of Maxwell University, why are you unable to do even the most basic improvisation for your thesis introduction?"

were allowed to

that was not the case

a necessary skill, most of their students could do an impromptu speech about their

chuckled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry.I'm just too

nodded as she understood that thesis defense could be nerve-wracking

who has done thesis defense before,

"I do,"

latter affirmed with a smile before fastening her

same question as before.Donovan, do you think you've shown

all his effort to regain self-control, but his serenity was

just a single question, Arielle

which part that you think I didn't achieve the right attitude

her eyes downward,

much better at keeping your emotions in check than I thought you would.Since you still refuse to tell the truth, let me

an ominous feeling

next second, Arielle rose to