Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 243

The weekend flew by in the blink of an eye. As Sophia did quite a bit of exercise for the past two days, she almost overslept. In fact, she would have been late to Sunshine Group's morning meeting on Monday if she had not set the alarm the night before.

Around noon, she emerged from the conference room, with Yvonne catching up to her. “Ms. Yarrow.”

Sophia looked at her secretary with a smile and queried, “What is it? Did the Cooper family make a move?”

She had not forgotten about her bet with Alexander.

“Not yet.” Yvonne shook her head before bringing another matter to her employer's attention. “Jadeborough University gave me a call today. They're having an anniversary celebration this Wednesday and would like to invite you as one of the special guests.”

Raising her brows, Sophia replied, “Reject them.”

She was not one to enjoy such events.

“Understood, Ms. Yarrow.”

Right after Yvonne spoke, an assistant walked over with an invitation card in her hand. “Ms. Leighton, Ms. Yarrow, this is the invitation card from Jadeborough University.”

Sophia took the card over and gave the content a once-over. The signature affixed at the bottom of the card belonged to the chancellor of the university, Marcus Rubis, indicating that he was the one who extended the invitation to her.

After she was done reading, she folded the invitation card and was about to hand it to Yvonne when the latter's phone rang.

Flashing an apologetic glance at Sophia, Yvonne said, “My apologies, Ms. Yarrow. I need to pick up this call.”

Sophia nodded in acknowledgment and decided to bring the invitation card back to her office.

However, no sooner had she taken a few steps forward than Yvonne ran up to her with her phone in hand. “Please hold on for a moment, Ms. Yarrow,” the latter voiced.


“Hm?”

Yvonne covered the phone's microphone and explained, “It's a call from Jadeborough University's chancellor, Mr. Rubin. He asks that you come to the phone if you're available.”

Truth be told, Sophia's four-year experience at Jadeborough University could neither be described as good nor bad.

As a beautiful girl who was often chauffeured around in a luxury car, it was unavoidable for rumors and gossip about her to circulate on the campus.

In the year of her graduation, Sophia was embroiled in a rather high-key incident, and it was Marcus who personally settled it for her.

She had no qualms about rejecting a call from anyone else, but she had to answer the call from Marcus.

“I'll take it.” Sophia took the phone from her secretary and greeted the man on the other end of the line, “Hello, Mr. Rubin.”

“It's been a while, Sophia. Will you be attending the university's anniversary celebration?”

Sophia was quite close to the chancellor, getting Yvonne to send him some gifts during the festive season. Although they rarely kept in touch with one another, she remembered Marcus fondly.

The man did not beat around the bush. Hence, Sophia smiled and decided not to mince her words. “Mr. Rubin, you know my personality. I'm not suited for these events.”

Marcus' laugh sounded from the other end of the line. “I know, I know. That's why I'm personally giving you a call. We're inviting you because we'd like to allow our current students to network with some of our best alums. Besides you, we've also invited your senior, Joshua Lewis. Since you two have partnered up and started a company together, why don't you let him do all the talking if you're not up for it?”

He paused for a moment before continuing in mock anger, “Well, you think you'd be let off the hook by sending me gifts every year? If you still remember me after graduating years ago, why wouldn't you drop by for a visit?”

Sophia chuckled at Marcus' response. “Now that you've put it that way, won't it be disrespectful of me to continue rejecting your invitation? Don't worry; I'll definitely be attending the celebration with Joshua.”

“Good, good! You don't have to worry about anything too. You and Joshua are well-known among the students. They've been making a fuss about wanting to meet you, so I'm shamelessly giving you a call for their sake. Also, when you two come over, I assure you that you won't be harassed by the media.”

Verily, she was flattered beyond words. It was Jadeborough University's seventieth-anniversary celebration, and the event was widely publicized. At the moment, Sophia could be considered a “hot topic,” so it would not be weird for the media to pay extra attention to her upon her return to the university.

Yet, Marcus was assuring her that they would not be harassed by the media. It showed that he was being immensely considerate of them.

Regardless of whether his purpose of inviting them back to the university had to do for the sake of Jadeborough University's future graduates, she could not deny that Marcus had her and Joshua's best interests at heart.

Given what he said, there was no reason for Sophia to continue rejecting the invitation. “You've put in so much effort, so naturally, I'd be there no matter what.”

There was no need for Marcus to say anything else after receiving a satisfactory response. “All right. In that case, I'll stop disturbing you any further and let you get on with your work.”

Back then, Sophia entered Jadeborough University as the highest achiever in the entire state, which brought great prestige to the university.

Being the highest achiever, she also received an offer from Quadfield University before the results were even released.

Although Jadeborough University was reputable, Marcus knew it was almost impossible to get the state's highest achiever to join them.

To his surprise, Sophia rejected the offer from Quadfield University and enrolled in Jadeborough University instead.

At that time, Marcus was so excited that he almost fell over when he caught wind of the news from the Admissions Office.
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