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 hadn’t skipped school

you, but she’s already a

around like this, you’ll never get

even if you do, it’ll probably

she had to take a break from

didn’t believe her and had scolded her for lying.

trying to explain

to some third–rate college. I’ll be going to Pyralis University.”

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

in Pyralis! Only the

she studied hard

years. What makes you think you can get

have no problem getting in if I become the top scorer in

Bonnie was confident.

the time she regained her composure, Bonnie had

bedroom.

for two

she was getting ready to shower, she received a

answered it, and a handsome man showed

Knight wants to have

you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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Rice sounded excited. “The Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be the game of the century! I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll

“Sure.”

hot shower and lay down in bed

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

training in a long time, so she

man shadow boxing while his peers looked

to go,

one can take a punch like

the man with their compliments.

muttered to herself, “Your footwork is poor, and your

so she couldn’t help pointing out