She couldn’t remain under his control, in his surveillance forever.
And that, he should realize too.
So, all along, it had been her plan to slowly put some distance between them and to make him accept the fact that she had a life of her own.
And she had her own things to do. So, he should respect her wishes rather than keeping her trapped by his side.
But Adrian surprised her.
’I did not expect him to agree to most of the things I asked for.’
He gave her a phone and laptop, despite the fact that she had leaked his confidential documents in the past.
He let her move to the dorms.
And now that she was asking for space, he agreed to that too.
She did negotiate for it but did a few cheek kisses and sweet words really manage to buy Adrian King over?
If he wanted to keep her trapped, he had the ultimate control over her.
He was powerful and in front of him, she held no real power even now.
Yet, Adrian seemed to be different from before.
He was still as cold, moody and ruthless as he was in her previous life but... there was something different.
Or has he always been ? And only she never realized it?
Lost in her thoughts, Ella entered the campus.
But on her way to the dorms, she felt some weird gazes falling upon her.
These kids... What were they up to now?
The parents were spending millions to have these monkeys study in such a prestigious university... And the bunch of them were always ogling at others and looking for ’tea’?
’I am not the right person to think this way though!’
That night, Ella slept in peace, unaware of the chaos stirring up in the Imperial University.
The next morning, she got up at 5 am and went for a run as usual.
As the campus was mostly empty early in the morning, Ella completed her run in peace.
She had just returned to her room and stripped off the sweaty clothes when her phone rang.
Ella peeked at her phone.
Seeing that it was a call from the big devil, she instinctively reached out to answer the call.
But suddenly, she froze.
Adrian was facetiming her.
Ella looked at herself in the mirror.
She was half-naked, her bulging tummy made her look like she was some 4-5 months pregnant and her entire body was covered in sweat. Her skin looked like a monkey’s butt, a vibrant shade of red.
Even though she was not that much of an I-only-care-for-my-graceful appearance person in this life, she was still very much of a woman.
There was no way she was going to show herself to Adrian .
But just as Ella rushed over to look for some decent clothes, the call got disconnected.
At this moment, there were sounds of urgent knocks on the door.
Ella halted on her way to the bed.
Someone was banging on the door like their life depended on it.
When Ella opened the door, the sight of her good little sister appeared in front of her.
’’Sis... Are you fine?"
Ella did a quick little twirl in front of Esther, ’’What do you think?
Esther was stunned for a moment.
For some reason, Ella seemed to be glowing more. And she... seemed to look a little less fat than before.
That must be an illusion. Esther quickly denied the possibility of that in her mind.
Under Ella’s questioning gaze, Esther spoke up, her voice urgent, ’’Sis, did you... Did you perhaps meet Mr. K... Brother-in-law yesterday?"
"There is this rumour going around in the university...’’ Esther pulled out her phone.
Ella took the phone from her hand and scrolled through the university forums.
There were pictures of her getting out of Adrian’s car at night.
In the darkness, one could easily see her and identify her even though her features were partially visible in the pictures.
And behind the door, Ji Yan was standing. The man was completely enshrouded in darkness and only his tall silhouette could be seen.
Following the pictures were fiery discussions that kept erupting every second.
’Isn’t it her? The famous daughter of the Yu Family who slept with some higher-up, got herself banned, disowned and ran away with some random wild man?’
’Who else could it be? Don’t you see that huge mass of her body? Have you seen one like that in this university?’
’Eh... people, don’t be mean... But, did she find herself another sugar daddy or wot?’
’The brother above must be kidding. With bitches like these, you cannot help but be mean!’
’Right, it hasn’t even been a few years but how many beds has she already managed to climb? What’s worse is that she is not even attractive enough to be somebody’s mistress. So, who knows what kind of creepy men she is involved with?’
’I heard some peculiar men have weird fetishes. Probably that...’
’Ah, it’s disgusting to even acknowledge a person like her. Why is our prestigious university even keeping her here!’
Then, Ella’s gaze trailed down to the trending hashtags and headlines.
The news about her had even surpassed the updates about Imperial Goddess and Imperial God, Ruby and Kade, some other trending info about famous elites in the Imperial university and made it to the top.
Ella’s fingers tightened around the phone as she scrolled through the posts.
#EvictEllaYu #NoMoreSugarElla #ByeByeGoldDigger
A cold smirk curled touched her lips for a brief moment. These brats had too much free time on their hands.
Seeing her standing there silently, Esther leaned forward and peeked at the phone to see what Ella was looking at.
Then the trending hashtags greeted her vision—
#EvictEllaYu #NoMoreSugarElla #ByeByeGoldDigger #EllaTheEliteHunter #EllaTheSponsorQueen #KickOutCampusGold
The more Esther read, the more brutal the trending hashtags and headlines became.
Just thinking about how she went out with Adrian at night, Esther’s intestines were turning green.
But now, she was greatly comforted.
Adrian’s identity was special and it couldn’t be revealed to anyone no matter what.
Ella would never be able to clear her name regarding this matter.
So what if Ella had been pretending to be a changed person from some days? Now, she was on the verge of a breakdown...
However, in the next moment, Ella shocked the daylights by bursting out in laughter.