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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kicked out of school because she

of

But Vera exploded.

old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long

on the same day as you, but she’s already a sophomore at Pyralis University!

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

you do, it’ll probably be

had to take

parents didn’t believe her and had scolded her

to explain herself

some third–rate college. I’ll be

“Pyralis University?”

believe her ears.

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

in Pyralis! Only the cream of the crop gets in there!

studied hard

years. What makes you think

problem getting in if I become the top scorer in

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

had worked on her research for two days straight,

to shower, she received a video call from

handsome man showed up on

to have a game with

intrigued. “Are you

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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

“Sure.”

a hot shower and lay down in bed to

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left her house in a tank top and a pair of

a long time, so she decided

man shadow boxing while his peers

go, Orson!”

one can take a punch like

elderly onlookers showered the

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

so she couldn’t help pointing out