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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worried about getting kicked out of school because she

of

But Vera exploded.

Bonnie! You could have graduated long ago if you hadn’t skipped school so often. Hell, you even took one whole year

on the same day as you, but she’s already

you keep fooling around like this, you’ll never get

it’ll probably be some

Vera why she had to take

her and had scolded

didn’t bother trying to explain herself again.

some third–rate college. I’ll be going

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe her ears.

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

in Pyralis! Only the cream of the

in because she studied

years. What makes you think you can get in?”

getting in if I become the top scorer

Bonnie was confident.

regained her composure, Bonnie had returned

bedroom.

worked on her research for two days

ready to shower, she received a video

answered it, and a handsome man showed up on screen.

to have a game

was intrigued. “Are you

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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terrific!” Heath Rice sounded excited. “The Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be the game

“Sure.”

hot shower and lay down in

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

any kickboxing training in a long time, so she decided

shadow boxing while his peers looked

go, Orson!”

can take a punch like

onlookers showered the man with their

“Your footwork is poor, and your strikes are sloppy.”

from a young age, so she couldn’t help pointing