Chapter 98
The Day I Kissed An Older Man
Chapter 98
âCorinne has proven that sheâs an all-round top student! She can even play the ukulele better than
some of the music departmentâs students!â
âIâm fully convinced in her ability now, and Iâll never question her again!â
âMe, too! I now understand why sheâs known as an all-round top student! Itâs no surprise that the dean
appreciates her that much!â
At the end of the performance, all the students there praised her repeatedly, and not a single one of
them was not applauding enthusiastically.
Ivanka and her friends, however, had ugly expressions on their faces.
Corinne gently put down the ukulele, walked up to the stage, and looked at them. âNow go up on stage
and apologize in front of everyone for what you said to the dean.â
The girl who took the lead in provoking her had a face full of disbelief. âH-How can you play the ukulele
so well when youâre not from the music department?â
Corinne said curtly, âItâs no big deal. I happen to have picked it up before.â
The girl gritted her teeth angrily when she heard that flippant remark. âThatâs what you call âno big
dealâ? You just played it better than-
âBetter than who?â Corinne cocked her eyebrow.
The girl immediately stopped talking and felt frustrated because she did not want to say anything to
praise Corinne.
Seeing that the other party did not speak, Corinne said again, âI played the ukulele, and you saw the
students acknowledge my playing. Itâs time for you girls to keep your word and apologize to the dean in
front of everyone!â
The girls exchanged glances, complained to each other, and hesitated as if they were unwilling to stick
to the agreement.
âWhy are you just standing there? Hurry up and apologize to Corinne and the dean!â
âYeah! You were the ones who made a challenge, and now youâre becoming a sore loser?â
âGet up there and apologize!â
The girls were ashamed to hear all that slander from the students and reluctantly got on to the
stage.
âWeâre sorry. We apologize to Corinne and the dean for making such irresponsible remarks. What we
said was pure nonsense, and weâre in the wrong. Please forgive us.â
A discussion soon ensued, and all the students began talking about the girlsâ despicable behavior.
Corinne had achieved her goal, so she turned around and left the place. She even dug her ears a little
because she felt that it was too noisy there.
It had never been her intention to go to the gathering because she had plans to go to the
company to discuss something with her subordinate, Aaron. However, Jeremy somehow insisted on
sending her, which made it inconvenient for her to go to the company. In the end, Jeremy had her sent
there.
Since she was already there, she decided to just attend the gathering and avoid being under Jeremyâs
suspicion. However, she was not prepared for the ruckus that would occur at what was supposed to be
a boring reunion!
Just as Corinne walked out of the private room, she heard someone calling her from behind again.
âCorinne! Stop!â
Corinne stopped walking and looked back.
Ivanka chased her aggressively with her ukulele in her arms and said, âAre you just going to leave after
damaging my ukulele? You need to compensate me before you leave!â
âDamaged? It was fine when I played it earlier.â Corinneâs expression remained unchanged, and she
lowered her eyes to glance at the ukulele Ivanka was holding. Nothing seemed damaged, though.
Ivanka shoved the ukulele in her face and said, âLook carefully! You mustâve intentionally left these
scratches on the ukulele when you played it! Are you aware that my ukulele is an antique, and itâs very
expensive?â
At that moment, Ivanka no longer had the hypocritical and smug face she displayed in front of her
classmates. She ditched that charade and stopped pretending, and in place of it was a jealous and
unhappy expression.
Corinne looked down and saw that there were indeed a lot of scratches on the ukulele, so she frowned
and asked, âHow much do you want me to pay?â
Ivanka feigned courteousness again and said, âSince weâre both fellow graduates, I wonât ask for more
than fifteen thousand from you.â