So, when Norah spoke up for Rosalie, even though these people were not convinced in their hearts, they dared not show it on the surface.


    Norah smiled slightly and said, “I also looked at that post, and it didn''t actually say that Ms. Talley''s papers were ghostwritten. Yet here you are making wild assumptions.


    "You''re basing all your judgment on a single forum post and her age. Should I take that to mean that, since I am a 25-


    year-old professor, you think my position is based on connections?"


    The group of lecturers didn''t dare to offend Norah, especially since her words made them all look ufortable.


    Not to mention Norah''s aplishments were legitimate, even if they thought her professor title was gained through connections, they would never admit it to her face. That would imply that Dustin was using h "Mrs. Byers, you''ve taken that too seriously. We were just gossiping, that''s all. We won''t talk about it anymore..." Realizing they wouldn''t get anywhere with Norah, they forced a smile and tried to change the su Norah gave them a nce, sighed inwardly, and shook her head slightly.


    These women had only joined Hawthorne University recently, just a semester earlier than Rosalie.


    They had some academic achievements but were getting on in years. So it was understandable that they might feel some jealousy toward Rosalie.


    But when jealousy leads to throwing all sorts of baseless usations, Norah felt it was hard to respect them.


    However, these women were older than her, so she didn''t say much. When they backed off, she didn''t push the issue further.


    But when it came to that Helena, Norah furrowed her brows.


    Although the post didn''t explicitly say it came from Helena, everyone at Hawthorne University was no fool.


    There were many things mentioned in the post that only the people involved would know.


    There were only two possibilities: either


    the post was true, and everything came from Helena''s mouth, or the person who posted it had a grudge against Rosalie and deliberately ndered her.


    Regardless of which possibility was true, as a teacher at the university, Rosalie''s reputation would affect the school''s image, and this post couldn''t be allowed to remain on the forum.


    This matter needed to be discussed with Dustin.


    At this point, Rosalie had no idea she had already be a well-known


    figure on Hawthorne University''s forum. She went to the cafe she had arranged to meet Edward at.


    Perhaps because


    Edward was particrly eager for the shares she held, when she arrived, Edward was already waiting there.


    Before, Rosalie had to pretend a bit around Edward, but now that she was about to inherit 40% of the shares, she had to push Edward to sell off all the assets he held while she had the chance.


    "Rosalie As


    soon as Edward saw Rosalie, he gave her a smile that screamed fatherly affection. But before he could say anything, Rosalie''s cold attitude shut him down.


    ''Go ahead, Mr Graham, what important matter do you want to discuss with me?"


    Edward''s


    smile immediately froze on his face. He quickly dropped the smile and no longer felt the need to keep up the pretenses. Clearly, he thought he now had enough leverage to threaten Rosalie "Rosalie, it''s been so long, and you still won''t forgive me, your father, for my little mistakes?"


    Rosalie thought, Little mistakes? He probably still thinks his ugly past has been well-


    hidden, treating me like a fool


    "Well, I''m a petty person'' Rosalie


    couldn''t be bothered to argue with him, so she just admitted it. Then she continued, "So, Mr Graham, what important matter do you want to discuss