Female Novel
Chapter 51
Chapter 51
The long–overdue class gathering was merry. Everly was a social butterfly. She managed to makeconversations with almost anyone at the event. The attendees were more shocked to see Olivia.
A lot of her classmates went up to her and asked, “Olivia, I heard you’re married. Why didn’t you inviteus to your Are we not good enough for you?”
wedding?
Before Olivia could say a word, a woman interjected with a shrill voice, “It’s not that we’re not goodenough for her. It’s the other way around, isn’t it? She probably hid from us because her family wentbankrupt.”
The woman was Calista Davies, who saw Olivia as her archenemy. Back in the day, the Davieses werenot as wealthy as the Fordhams. So Calista always ranked second to Olivia in whatever she did. Sheshould have been the wealthy, popular girl in school, but her spark went out when she was next toOlivia. That was the reason behind her vengeful attitude.
Now that the Fordhams went bankrupt, Calista would not miss the opportunity to humiliate Olivia.
As the class president, Calvin Atkins immediately came up to mediate. “Calista, that’s a bit harsh.Everyone goes through ups and downs in life. There’s no need to rub salt into the wound. It’s been awhile since we met up. Let’s not spoil the fun.”
Calista rolled her eyes at Calvin, but out of respect for him, she dropped the topic. “Fine, I’ll drop it. Butisn’t it kind of shameless of her to skip all our gatherings over the years only to show up now for ashare of the pie?”
“What share? I thought this was a classmate gathering.” Olivia looked confused.
“Are you faking it, or do you really not know? Everyone came to this event to get in on the OaklandHospital project.”
The remark made Olivia feel conscious about her wasted days, shut away from the world. She seemedignorant of the happenings around her. Calvin kindly explained, “The Oakland Hospital is the biggestproject in recent years. It’s a 3.5–billion- dollar investment.”
Calista scoffed. “The mission of the Oakland Hospital is to be a world–class hospital. It will hire qualitystaff and set up top- notch facilities. Of course, the pay is better than the average hospital in thecountry. And our dear class president is nice enough to introduce this opportunity to his oldclassmates.”
The other classmates were discussing the new hospital with excitement. If Oakland Hospital hiredthem, they’d earn three times their current pay. But the interview criteria were stringent. It’d help acandidate to have connections within the hospital.
Olivia had a better idea of the situation after hearing the explanation. Calvin came from a prestigiousfamily of doctors. And she bet that he had a huge share in the new hospital. Perhaps, the gatheringwasn’t what it appeared on the surface. It was just a front to scout for talents.novelbin
After all, their graduating class was top of their cohort and full of talented students. Olivia guessed thatEverly was too preoccupied with the breakup to fully grasp the nature of the gathering before draggingher along.
Unlike Olivia, Everly was deep in conversation. She was advertising the properties she was selling.Olivia felt awkward in the social situation. Thankfully, Calvin was caring and inquired about her lifewithout looking down on her.
“Olivia, if you’re interested, the Oakland Hospital will always welcome a genius like you.”
She flashed a defeated smile. “Calvin, you must be kidding. I’m just a dropout.”
Calvin seemed confused. “No. You were on leave from school. But you received your proof ofgraduation and degree certificate.
It was her turn to be surprised. “Calvin, you must be confused.”
“That’s impossible! I was the one who distributed the proof of graduation. Your family accepted it onyour behalf. Did you not receive it?”
It didn’t take long for Olivia to understand that Ethan must have pulled some strings. He must’ve takenher proof of graduation on her behalf.