Chapter 2

Ophelia was giggling as she said cruelly, "So the application list only ever had my name on it. So what if Aubrey prepared everything from the start? It's futile in the end anyway."

Ophelia then tore the documents that Aubrey had carefully prepared all this time in half.

"Aster!" Aubrey gasped, tears flooding her eyes. I watched as the shreds of paper fell on the floor.

My anger had reached its boiling point. I'd never met someone so outrageously rude before!

"How dare you!" I pointed at Ophelia, hand trembling from rage.

"How dare I what?" Ophelia tossed the remaining paper shreds on the floor and stomped on them with glee. "Are you upset? If you are, why don't you get your dad to fund an entire building for the university?

"Oh, I forgot. Penniless folks like you don't have the means to!"

My hands balled into fists, gaze tinged red.

The teacher beside Ophelia, Samuel Young, immediately added, "The current situation is very clear, Miss. Ophelia's father donated a huge sum to our university to fund the construction of an entire building. He has done a great deed for our uni's development.

"Because of that, the university authority has discussed and decided that it would be more suitable for Ophelia to take up the slot in the student exchange program."

Samuel's flattering expression made me want to puke.

"Mr. Young, right." I turned to Samuel with a sharp gaze.

"My sister Aubrey scored highest in her entire form this year and won first place in a nationwide research-based competition, all so she can join the student exchange program. Aubrey has flying colors in all aspects of academia.

"May I ask what Ophelia, whom the uni thought to be more suited to join the program, has?"

Samuel's face flushed right away.

Meanwhile, Ophelia burst into laughter. "What do I have? I have my dad! He's the Keaton family's head and chairman of Ad Astra Inc.! So I have money, got it?"

Ad Astra Inc.? The Keaton family's head? I nearly sneered upon hearing Ophelia's words. Ad Astra Inc.'s chairman wasn't Tristan at all.

"Ad Astra Inc.? The Keaton family?" I asked curiously on purpose, cocking an eyebrow.

"I think I've heard of them before. They're a very formidable family. But I didn't know they had a daughter called Ophelia Keaton."

Ophelia hadn't expected me to behave so calmly. In her experience, anyone who heard of Centuria's Keaton family and Ad Astra Inc. usually reacted in awe or jealousy. They were never suspicious like I was.

Ophelia immediately grew upset. "You're just a lowborn! We don't need you meddling in our family's private affairs!"

Samuel scowled beside her and added, "Please watch your tone, Ms. Aster. The university has already verified Ophelia's identity, so we will not tolerate your baseless accusations here!"