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?

Jonathan also saw Estelle, his gaze sweeping over her without stopping.

dean hurriedly greeted the principal and introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont Group,

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

glanced over and seemed to spend more time looking at Estelle, then smiled faintly. “The

profile of the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy they talked about

called on a few students to stand up in front of Jonathan, some looking up at him in awe, while others

at Estelle just now suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor

not knowing what

Ingram gently said, “If you have something to say,

said, “Mr. Lamont’s scholarship is meant to reward outstanding students at the University of J City. I think that being outstanding should not only include

good moral character, right?”

Mr.

took out her phone and showed

family is pretty average, so they probably can’t afford a car like that I think we can all guess what she was doing is

The advisor whispered, “Brooke, why are you saying

let Mr. Lamont know what kind of people his scholarships

face darkened as he took a look at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an

do you explain this?” Brooke

usually gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who are you?

interjected in his signature sarcastic tone, “What era are we in that students of such a prestigious university would

her teeth and retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont, how can you

you see in those photos? If I speak up for her now, do you also want to say that

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

was suddenly grateful that Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed

added, “This is how prestigious

which was clearly a

silenced by Jonathan’s overwhelming

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

a deep voice, “Mr. Lamont is right. A few blurry photos shouldn’t be used to judge someone, and

“I’ll have someone delete

to say

Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room, why don’t

“That sounds

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