Raeleigh and Scarlette stopped at the entrance. Their eyes were fixed on the dean, who was around sixty years old. He was standing up from his seat.
Raeleigh bowed towards the dean politely and said, "Hello."
"Hello, are you Raeleigh?" the dean asked in a formal way. Raeleigh nodded and replied, "Yes, I am."
"Hello, sir. My name is Scarlette, and I am a new student here," Scarlette said as she stood beside Raeleigh. Then, the dean greeted Scarlette back.
"What's the matter?" the dean asked. Raeleigh hesitated and then replied, "I'm here to hand in my scholarship application form."
Raeleigh approached the dean to face him and handed it to him with both her hands. She was oddly calm.
The dean grabbed the form and took a glance at it. Then, he sat down in his chair and took out his personal stamp and the university's stamp. He stamped her application form and then handed it to Jepherson, who had yet to turn around.
Then, Jepherson finally turned around to look at
Raeleigh and Scarlette. He called out to Raeleigh, "Come here."
Raeleigh did not move. She stood in place.
Jepherson smiled as the corner of his lips lifted. His gaze was gentle.
"Do you want me to carry you?" Jepherson said with a flirty gaze as he leaned on one side. Raeleigh wasn't sure why Jepherson was here and why he wanted her to go near him, but everything seemed more complicated than she thought.
For the sake of her scholarship, she walked towards Jepherson.
As soon as she got near him, Jepherson grabbed her hand. She wanted to avoid him, but he easily pulled her onto his lap. The dean lowered his head in awkwardness as he was not young anymore, and he couldn't stand to watch them. Stuart also turned around, so he could not see Jepherson and Raeleigh. Scarlette was standing behind them, so they wouldn't notice if she was staring.
Raeleigh blushed instantly and said, "Jepherson, you're crossing the line."
Jepherson held Raeleigh in his arms. He remained silent with a smile on his face. He then placed Raeleigh's scholarship application form onto the table. Afterwards, he grabbed Raeleigh's wrist as he pulled the stamp pad near him. At that moment, Raeleigh thought something was off.
She calmed herself down as she watched Jepherson open up the bracelet on her wrist, and pressed down the opening of the bracelet onto the stamp pad. Then, he pressed the bracelet down on the scholarship application form.
Raeleigh fixed her eyes on an exquisite stamp on her application form. She looked at it carefully and realized it was Jepherson's full name.
As Raeleigh was in a daze, Jepherson had already pulled out a piece of napkin and wiped the surface of the bracelet which formed the stamp. He fastened the bracelet once again on Raeleigh's wrist and also reset the password before she realized it.
Raeleigh lowered her head and realized that the bracelet was back on her wrist.
"You..."
"Didn't anyone tell you who I am?" he asked her. Since she was on his lap, she appeared slightly taller than him. She had to look down to meet his eyes.
"Who are you?" Raeleigh was still lost in the situation.
"Kiss me here and I'll tell you," Jepherson said as he tapped his lips with his finger.
Raeleigh blushed a little. Although she didn't care about him, she was still a woman and she was fairly new to interacting with men.
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