LOGINEveryone was stunned by the sudden turn of events. "You're lying! I didn't! I didn't steal anything!"I stepped forward and grabbed his wrist. The wristwatch he was wearing was the exact one from my cabinet. Initially, I didn't care when Ethan impersonated me because he hadn't interfered with my interests. I only grew suspicious when I noticed him showing off at school with the luxury watch Mom had given me.However, at the time, I hadn't installed surveillance cameras in my bedroom. On top of that, he had surreptitiously returned it after that. Since I didn't have evidence, I hadn't reported it to the cops.Yet now, the proof was undeniable. Caught red-handed with the stolen watch still on his wrist, he had nowhere left to run. Meanwhile, Dad's company also released a statement. Clearing my name alone was too much of an uphill battle, so I simply had him step in.He directly exposed Ian's and Ethan's impersonation, along with photos and videos as evidence. The evidence was s
Dad and I had just gotten into the car when Dad's secretary, who was in the front seat, pulled out his phone. "We have a situation, Mr. Marlowe."Dad accepted his phone, took one look at it, and handed it to me. It was a livestream. My classmates had actually set the classroom curtains on fire and were threatening to burn themselves alive. "We hope the admissions office can give us another chance. We really want to go to college. We're begging you!""Exactly. If I can't go to college, I might as well just die!" "Please give us another chance! We know we were wrong!"The incident instantly blew up online, and thousands of netizens quickly flooded into the livestream. In no time, everyone in the chat pieced together what had actually happened, though most of them remained fairly level-headed. My classmates couldn't even be bothered to submit their college preferences on time. If they didn't take their own futures seriously, who else could they blame but themselves?However, w
Ethan clutched his cheek and stared at me in disbelief. "M-Mr. Francis?" I snorted. "You can fool everyone else, but don't fool yourself."Everyone was thrown off by the sudden turn of events. They couldn't understand how Ian had gone from being the richest man one second to treating someone else with such deference the next. "What's going on, Ethan? Isn't your dad the richest man in the country?" someone inquired."Oh? I had no idea my personal driver was so humble, choosing to work for me of all people. What a waste of talent." Dad exposed the truth with a single sentence. "I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Fabian. I had a lapse in judgment and crossed Mr. Francis. I'm truly sorry!"It finally dawned on Ethan that all his attempts to flaunt his wealth in front of me throughout our senior year had been nothing more than a clown show in my eyes. The crushing blow sent him spiraling into a mental breakdown. "No… That's impossible! My dad is the richest man in the country. My dad is the
One of my classmates pulled out their phone and looked up the Rolls-Royce's license plate. Since it was a vanity plate with an especially distinctive number, it was easy to find. "That's the richest man's car. The license plate matches. Give it up already, Francis!"That completely sealed it for them. No one doubted Ian's identity for a second. All of them started talking all at once, asking him to help solve their college admission issues. "Don't worry, everyone. I'll contact the chancellor in a bit, and I guarantee you'll all have a college to attend." Sasha looked at Ethan and Ian with gratitude, but she didn't miss the chance to take a jab at me. "Mr. Barron, this is all Francis' fault. If he hadn't secretly submitted his college preferences, we wouldn't have to trouble you with this now. I think someone as selfish and morally corrupt as him doesn't deserve to attend Meridian College."Ethan clung to Ian's arm and agreed. "That's right, Dad. I don't want to go to the same s
I was surrounded by security guards, so even if my classmates wanted to hit me, they couldn't get to me. Besides, they had already vented their anger. Right now, the most important thing was getting into college. "Exactly, Ethan. Call your dad here right now! You have to give us an explanation!" "Yeah! If my mom finds out I can't go to college, she'll kill me!"Cold sweat beaded on Ethan's forehead. "M-my dad's really busy. He probably doesn't have time to come over.""Hurry up and call him! How would you know if you don't ask?"He fished out his phone in front of the crowd and slowly made the call. "Hello, Dad? You're busy? Right, okay then." He tapped on his screen. "Did you hear that? My dad's busy. He's working on a multi-million-dollar project. If it gets delayed because of you lot, can you afford to compensate him?"After hearing that, my classmates were intimidated by the richest man's power and influence and didn't dare say another word. I sneered, stepped forward,
The air went dead silent, and everyone froze on the spot. After a few seconds, someone broke the silence. "That's impossible! There must be some misunderstanding, Mr. Sterling. Ethan promised us he would get every single one of us into Meridian College.""Exactly, Mr. Sterling! Perhaps you aren't aware of how influential Ethan's family is. His father's the richest man in the country."Mr. Sterling's face flushed crimson from anger. "I repeatedly reminded you in the group chat not to miss the application deadline! Did every single one of you ignore me?"At this point, everyone had graduated. Even though they still addressed him as Mr. Sterling, they didn't answer to him anymore. "Mr. Sterling, you're just a high school teacher, so you obviously don't understand how things work behind the scenes. Ethan's dad can get us all in with just a single word. Our acceptance letters are probably just running a little late, so we'll just need to wait a bit longer." "Only those without conn







