She thought, "The Clem family’s business barely touches the medical field."

"Does Lindsey not know about my thesis? Is that why she looks down on me so much?"

'That must be it!'

Natalie consoled herself and thought, "It seems I can no longer use Patricia to deal with Zoey. To make Aiden change his mind and marry me, I’ll have to think of other ways!"

Natalie still hadn’t given up the idea of marrying Aiden. She disdained Aiden and had fallen out with him, but Audrey insisted she curry favor with Aiden. Unless an elite with higher status and more leverage than Aiden appeared, Audrey probably wouldn’t change her mind on this.

Natalie looked dejected. She reached out to throw away the bag in her hand. However, she thought, "Why should I throw it away? Although 20 thousand dollars isn’t much, it’s still money!" Anyway, she couldn’t let Patricia hit her for nothing.

Natalie got into the car with her bags. Just as she was about to start the car, she received an unknown call. It was Jaden calling. He actually wanted her to bail him out.

She thought, "Why would I bail out someone who looked down on me and had a falling out with me? Jaden publicly claimed in front of so many people at school that I was fake, and that their falling out with Josie was all my doing. He also said he would no longer be good to me, wouldn’t stay with the team, and would return to the Monroe family. If he didn’t do that, I wouldn’t have lost face completely at school and become everyone’s gossip topic. If it weren’t for my recent academic success and the papers I published, I would have been ostracized at school long ago. That idiot Jaden really thought he could return to the Monroe family just by saying so. His father would have to agree to that first. I heard his father gave him two options. He thought having a falling out with me meant he could choose to return to the Monroe family, but I wouldn’t let him have his way!"

Originally, Tina wouldn’t have pulled a move on Jaden so quickly. After all, Jaden was foolish, young, and strong. He was not only easy to manipulate and generous with money but also satisfied Tina’s physical needs. He was many times better than Eden for Tina.

Jaden could not have imagined that Tina was personally groomed by Natalie. Therefore, she would dare to defy Natalie’s wishes. If Natalie told Tina to act, Tina would not dare to refuse. Jaden’s current plight was the consequence of offending Natalie.

Natalie thought, "This is just the beginning, and Jaden is already asking me for help. Once Tina and Eden succeed, the Monroe Group will be finished. Will Jaden come and beg me then? When I tell him to go after Josie then, he will have to obey. He is thinking of winning Josie back? Not a chance!"

After hanging up the phone, Natalie finally felt a sense of relief. She thought, "Josie, just wait. I will make all your former teammates your mortal enemies. I will make them devour you completely like vicious dogs. This is the consequence of challenging me. I hope that when that day comes, you can still show the same backbone as today!"

Soon, the new semester began, and first–year students started school. This year, the number of students enrolling in the acupuncture major was still low. To allow more students to choose this major, before the elective course selection period ended, the school arranged for some less popular teachers and professors to give lectures to freshmen. This way, they could promote niche majors. After one semester, students were allowed to switch majors based on their academic performance, and the number of students taking elective courses also varied each year!

Josie accompanied Delilah to give a promotional speech to freshmen, hoping to attract more students to choose acupuncture as an elective. They had just come out of the office and passed by the principal’s office when they heard a commotion inside.