CHAPTER 371
Chapter 371 The Generosity of a Highly Educated Scholar No wonder this woman seemed so familiar!
Clarissa had seen a photo of her when she and Damien went to the University of Florin once. But it had
been dark at that time, and the photo was small in size, which was why Clarissa hadn’t recognized this
woman at first sight.
It was Chanel Kirk.
“I’m Clarissa Johnson.” Clarissa shook Chanel’s hand.
She didn’t know whether Chanel knew who she was. At the class reunion, Damien’s classmates had all
found out about her name and appearance. There was bound to be someone who would’ve told
Chanel about Clarissa.
Clarissa couldn’t help feeling a little diffident now that she was standing before Chanel, not knowing
how much Chanel knew about her.
Chanel had once pursued Damien, while she was Damien’s ex-wife. It was a little odd for the two of
them to be together. Clarissa felt a mixture of sympathy and envy, while also feeling the need to
compare herself with Chanel
Chanel had pulled Clarissa out of her study mode and back to reality
“You lost your purse?” Clarissa asked
“Yeah.” Chanel continued to search for her purse. “There isn’t inuch money in it, but it has a photo of
someone very important to me. He’s the man I love the most.”
Clarissa wondered if Chanel was referring to Damien.
After all, Chanel had pursued Damien from their high school days all the way to their doctorate Wasn’t
he the man she loved the most?
In the end, Chanel didn’t manage to find her purse.
“I can’t find it.” She looked very disappointed. She checked her watch and saw that it was past eleven.
“It isn’t easy to run into a Meranian here, so why don’t we have lunch together?”
“Sure.” Clarissa felt that Chanel had to know who she was. Why else would Chanel invite a complete Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.
stranger to lunch?
They went for lasagna, and their topic slowly went from their studies to their lives.
Clarissa couldn’t help feeling that Chanel was trying to edge the conversation toward the reunion
“I have to be honest with you, Clarissa. I knew who you were before, but I didn’t expect to run into you
here. I’m actually pretty happy to have the chance to get to know you. You’re Damien’s ex wife, aren’t
you? After the reunion, someone sent me a photo of you. That’s why I recognized you.” Chanel
continued, “I was afraid of you bearing a grudge, so I just want to explain that I didn’t skip the reunion
because Damien had gotten married. It’s nothing like what my classmates said, so please don’t get me
wrong.” “Why didn’t you go, then?” Clarisss asked. It was as she had expected. After talking about
other things, Chanel finally brought the reunion up. Chanel’s hand stilled. “Don’t ask. Let’s not talk
about that and just continue eating. I wasn’t in
a good mood back in Merania, so I applied to become a visiting scholar. I didn’t expect to run into you
here.” Clarissa hated it when people left her hanging. She couldn’t help feeling curious. Chanel was the
one who’d brought this matter up, but she hadn’t given Clarissa anything concrete Moreover, Chanel
seemed to be deliberately leading Clarissa on. It was as if she was telling Clarissa, “I didn’t go to the
reunion because of Damien. It’s definitely because of Damien!”
After that ambiguous sentence, Chanel went silent and dug into her food, as if she wanted to gobble up
the sadness in her past.
Clarissa was sure that Chanel was trying to make her feel awkward and guilty. Chanel had gone on to
do her doctorate to follow in Damien’s footsteps, but she had failed to win his favor. Yet, Clarissa had
managed to get together with him once he started working
It was as if Chanel was a top student who had woken up early every day to study, while Clarissa was
nothing but a copycat who had copied her answers during a test and just so happened to
get better results than her!
Now, Chanel was exuding the generosity of a highly educated scholar who was letting Clarissa off the
hook. She wanted to make Clarissa feel guilty!
Clarissa didn’t have a good first impression of Chanel. In fact, she felt rather repulsed
After they were done eating, they went back to their respective homes.