Chapter 21

“This is Mr. Sebastian Carter, the primary shareholder of Ashwick University.”

Another round of thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

A young man in a sharp suit elegantly walked onto the stage, nodding slightly to everyone before finally arriving at Rosalie’s side.

Rosalie was somewhat shocked when she saw who it was. Wasn’t he the gentleman she had shared a table with at the restaurant a few days ago?

-When Sebastian saw her, he also seemed slightly surprised but didn’t show it. He accepted the degree certificate from the dean’s hands.

Rosalie stepped forward to receive her degree certificate. She bowed. slightly, keeping her head lowered. The tassel on the right side of her mortarboard hung down. As per tradition, Sebastian gently moved the tassel from the right to the left. With that, the ceremony was complete.

Looking up, Rosalie was about to express her gratitude when she suddenly felt a wave of dizziness that caused her to stagger.

Sebastian immediately reached out to support her, pulling her into his arms in a rather intimate position.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Rosalie felt her vision blur, almost unable to see the people in the audience who were whispering among themselves, unsure of what was happening onstage.

gaze locked

quickly broke

embrace.

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this morning, so my blood sugar

rest for a while,”

bowing to the crowd before

to be unsteady. She tried to endure it and walk off the stage, but suddenly found herself unable to see the

As she was

the dean said,

his sentence, he suddenly saw Sebastian rushing past him. Shortly after, screams

had missed a step and

“Ahhh!”

But instead of feeling the

man’s muffled groan of pain, Rosalie returned to her senses to find herself pressed against Sebastian’s body. She hurriedly tried to get off him, but her legs were weak and

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