Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 850 Fake Fall

Everyone had to gather at the sports ground, so all the students at Elkton were too busy cooperating to remember about the whole Raeleigh affair.

Before Raeleigh got out of the car, she was still worried. However, when she got out of the car, the front gate was deserted, save for the principal of the university, who stood there waiting for Jepherson's arrival. She saw no one else.

When the principal saw Raeleigh alight the car together with Jepherson, he immediately strode over to welcome them, going first to Jepherson to greet him. "Young Master Harvey."

Jepherson did not reply to him. The principal looked at Raeleigh and said, "Raeleigh, the university had organized a car designing competition and there'll be people coming over shortly to talk about it, so why don't you go in first."

Raeleigh took a look at Jepherson, nodded to the principal, and then hurried to her dorm.

She didn't dare to wear the clothes Jepherson had given her as she was afraid of being put in the spotlight. Whenever there was a formal gathering at the university, it was the school's rules that those in attendance must wear the school's uniform. So, she quickly went to her dorm to change her clothes before making her way to the sports grounds.

Jepherson watched Raeleigh walk towards the dorm instead of the sports grounds. He was not in a hurry and took his time following the principal to the sports grounds. Just as she got onto the grounds, Jepherson stepped up to the podium on the stage to give his speech.

As soon as Jepherson's figure appeared, there was immediately a series of screams on the sports grounds beneath the stage. Some of them, with no regard for their own dignity or image, shouted, "Jepherson Harvey, I love you."

Jepherson acted as if he hadn't heard anything. His face was cold as usual. His eagle eyes surveyed the soccer field below, sweeping every corner. He only ever showed a trace of his warmth and gentleness in the presence of the person he wanted very much to meet. Otherwise, his face would be stoic and cold.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Jepherson Harvey. Today, on behalf of the Harvey Group, I've come to Elkton University to..."

Raeleigh stood below, staring at the noble Jepherson, as he stood high above on the platform. It was only then that she knew who Jepherson really was, his relationship with the university, and his family connections.

Jepherson ended his speech and left the platform. The school had adopted security measures, so that no one could come into contact with Jepherson. Just like this, Jepherson disappeared from the university in the blink of an eye.

Raeleigh understood that Jepherson had done this for her, to distract the attention away from her.

Otherwise, this kind of event would've been pre-planned and scheduled in advance.

Scarlette stood beside Raeleigh on her right. After her speech had ended, she wrapped her arm around Raeleigh's and asked, "Why didn't you come back that day?"

"Yesterday?" Raeleigh reminded Scarlette. Not that day, which would imply many days, as it was the day before.

She said disapprovingly, "It makes no difference. Now, tell me, what did you do?"

"Don't ask. I can't explain it clearly." Raeleigh didn't want to explain. The more she explained, the more confused she would become.

"If you don't want to tell me, then it's alright. Just forget about it then." She didn't pursue the matter any further as she knew Raeleigh's character well.

Raeleigh and Scarlette went back to class and on the way there, they bumped into Quirina.

"Raeleigh, you are back?" Quirina asked as soon as they met. Her voice was purposely shrill to attract the attention of others.

Scarlette was angry upon seeing Quirina and she really wanted to go up and give her a big slap in the face, but Raeleigh held her back, saying, "Just leave it, and let's go to class, don't stoop to her level." Scarlette rolled her eyes at Raeleigh impatiently. "Alright, I'll listen to you."

After saying that, she and Raeleigh had intended to leave, but Quirina blocked their path. Raeleigh and Scarlette stopped and looked at Quirina, who stood in front of them.

Quirina laughed and said, "Raeleigh, when did you come back last night? I had something to ask you and waited outside your dormitory for nTristany a whole night but you never returned, causing me to fall asleep outside."

"Interesting. When Raeleigh and I got up this morning, we didn't see you outside our dormitory. Were you sleepwalking? Or were you dreaming?" Scarlette was no pushover, so she argued back. "Scarlette, this is none of your business." Initially, Quirina had just wanted to prod at Raeleigh to instigate her anger, but to her disappointment, Raeleigh had not taken the bait and simply kept silent. Instead, Scarlette had jumped forward to defend her, so of course Quirina had to warn her to back off.

"Yesterday, Raeleigh and I went out together. You're now saying that she did not return to her dorm, which means that you are by extension accusing me of doing so too. So, of course it is my business too." "I didn't say that you and Raeleigh didn't go back to the dormitory. I just said that I waited outside your dormitory for a night and I didn't see you both." Quirina had a reputation to keep and she couldn't allow it to deteriorate any further than it already had. The Cole family had already said that if she caused trouble at Elkton again, then she would be cut off entirely and disowned from the Cole family.

Quirina was used to crying and throwing tantrums at home to get her way. Yousif too felt that she needed to be properly disciplined whenever she had an episode but she was after all his favourite lover's daughter, and even if she was a brat, she was still his child.

In the end, it had taken Yousif to promise to take her back officially into the family after Old Master Cole had died, which made Quirina settle down.

For this matter, Quirina too had to wait, and in the meantime, she could not cause too big of a scene.

Initially, Quirina had tried to be patient and wanted to endure it. She had so many lackeys around her, some of which were bold, reckless, and unafraid of trouble. These were the people who often whispered in her ear of all the gossip making the rounds. It did not help that she really couldn't stand the sight of Raeleigh either, and so she schemed to put Raeleigh in her place, but without doing it too openly so as to attract attention.

"You didn't see us because we were in the dormitory. Who knows what was squatting in front of the door. It could have been an old rat, grinding its teeth at the door. It's no wonder I was unable to sleep properly last night. I must've felt the ominous presence of said 'rat'." At that point, the onlooking crowd had burst into laughter. Even some of Quirina's lackeys, who stood behind her, had snickered. It was only when Quirina snapped her head and glared at them that they stopped.

But Raeleigh never smiled from beginning to end. She even reached out her hand to tug at Scarlette, so as not to let her continue speaking.

It was only when Scarlette stopped talking that Quirina turned to Raeleigh and said, "Do you think it's funny?"

Raeleigh had not even smiled. She looked at Quirina and said, "I did not laugh and I don't find it funny either."

"If you don't find it funny, then why are you looking at me? You must be laughing in your heart." Quirina was looking for someone to bully when she was unhappy. Raeleigh was the person to be bullied. Quirina spent every waking minute thinking of ways to bully and torture her because she simply did not like Raeleigh.

"Think what you like about it. Class is about to start and I want to be in it." Raeleigh grabbed Scarlette's hand and was about to leave when Quirina flashed a signal to her lackeys and they formed a line to block their path.

"We are all classmates, why do you keep picking on me and bullying me like this?" Raeleigh didn't understand. There were so many people in the school, and Quirina was a well-known bully. But she wasn't the type to bully anyone she saw. So, why was she targeting her and acting so distasteful to her?

"When did I bully you? Don't you slander me. This is such a big university. How come I haven't bullied anybody and nobody has said anything about me bullying them either? Why didn't I hear of other people's bullying?" Quirina said arrogantly as Raeleigh struggled to reason with her.

"Scarlette, let's go." Raeleigh intended to walk to the other side, but she was stopped by Quirina when she had just taken two steps. "Want to go? Have you asked me for permission?"

Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Quirina and said, "What do you want?"

"What do you think? What do you say?"

"I don't have anything to say. It's time for class."

"Class? Do you still know your classes? With that pretty face of yours, you can just sleep around with men and be settled. Why even bother attending classes?"

"Don't go too far. I can sue you for defamation."

"You want to sue me for defamation?" Quirina sneered and raised her eyebrows. "If you have the ability to do so, then try it."

"Get out of my way." Raeleigh insisted on leaving. Quirina raised her hand and pushed her. Raeleigh lost her balance and fell down after taking two steps back.

Scarlette was about to fight back when she saw that people from across the street were coming in this direction. So, instead, she pretended to slip and fall, but she did not get up.