I Love You, Miss Genius

Chapter 5

“Her name? Bonnie Shepard, B–O–N–N–1–E, S–H–E–P–A–R–D.”

“Please hold, sir. Let me check the records.”

A minute later, the voice came through, stammering this time.

“Y–you’ve made a mistake. Bon” she coughed, “Bonnie Shepard hasn’t broken any law or escaped from the police.

“If you make a false report again, we’ll charge you!”

With that, she hung up.

Gresham was stupefied. Vera was beside him and had heard everything the police officer said.

“Are you done? I’ll go upstairs then.” Bonnie left.

Vera felt a sense of pity as she watched her walk away.

After all, Bonnie might be a loser, but she was still her daughter.

“I’m sorry, Bonnie. We were wrong about you.”

Saddened, Bonnie stopped and looked over her shoulder at Vera. That woman hardly ever apologized to her and was never so gentle to her.

Gresham sighed.

“I was just worried about you. Anyway, I apologize.”

Bonnie frowned. “It’s okay.”

The living room fell silent, and Bonnie spoke first.

“I’m hitting the sack.”

“Wait!”

Vera stopped Bonnie. “What on earth happened the other day? Why did you get taken away?”

“I told you, it’s classified. I’ll tell you when the time is right.”

Bonnie told her the truth.

Vera was losing her patience and felt disappointed and angry.

She didn’t want to hear any more lies, so she changed the subject.

“The school called. They said they might kick you out if you skip classes again.”

“I’ll handle it.”

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wasn’t worried about getting kicked out of school because she

care of

But Vera exploded.

you think you’re the principal or something? You’re 20 years old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long ago if

you, but she’s already a sophomore

like this, you’ll never get into

do, it’ll probably be some third–rate college!”

had to take a

her and had scolded her for

trying to explain herself again.

not going to some third–rate college. I’ll be going to

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

university in Pyralis! Only the

studied hard

makes you think you can get in?”

getting in if I become the top scorer in the

Bonnie was confident.

exasperated. By the time she regained her composure, Bonnie had returned

bedroom.

had worked on her research for two

as she was getting ready to shower, she received a video

handsome man showed up on screen.

the Knight wants to have a game with

you sure it’s him?”

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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“The Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be

“Sure.”

Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down

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next day, Bonnie left her house in a tank top and a pair of

in a long time, so she decided to

boxing while his peers

to go,

can take a punch

showered the man with their

herself, “Your footwork is

from a young age, so she couldn’t help