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.

introduced Mr. Lamont, the former student and current president of the Lamont Group, as the sponsor

demeanor instantly became more respectful after shaking hands with Jonathan. He mentioned that today was the deadline for students

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

side profile of the man, her eyes rolling, wondering whether the real Jonathan was the playboy

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

girl who stared at Estelle just now suddenly stepped forward and chimed in, “Since Mr. Lamont, the sponsor of the scholarship, is here,

what Brooke

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

meant to reward outstanding students at the University of J City. I think that

good moral character, right?”

course!” Mr.

phone and showed everyone a post on

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

changed. The advisor whispered, “Brooke,

eyebrows, “I want to let Mr. Lamont know what kind of people his scholarships are supporting Isn’t that

at the phone, there was only some blurry photos of Estelle getting into a Mercedes S600 with an older man whose

do you explain this?” Brooke

delicate face was expressionless, her usually gentle eyes now icy cold, “Who

sarcastic tone, “What era are we

retorted, “There are photos, Mr. Lamont,

I speak up for her now, do you also want to say

Estelle’s eyelids twitched.

Jonathan hadn’t recognized her, which allowed

is how prestigious

“prestigious”, which was clearly a satire on Brooke’s previous

silenced by

was embarrassed, and the rest were also uncomfortable. Estelle, however, raised her

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

advisor immediately responded, “I’ll have someone delete the post

satisfied and wanted to say something more, but the advisor stared

Jonathan and said with an elegant smile, “Since the principal, Mr. Fletcher, is using the conference room,

“That sounds

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