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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out of school because she

care of

But Vera exploded.

it? How? Do 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 so often. Hell, you even took one

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

you keep fooling around like this, you’ll

it’ll probably

she had to take a

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

bother trying to explain herself

to some third–rate

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

in Pyralis! Only the cream of the crop gets

she studied hard

for two years. What makes

getting in if I become the top scorer in the entrance

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

two days straight, and she was exhausted.

to shower, she received a video call from one

it, and a handsome man showed up on

the Knight wants to have a game

intrigued. “Are 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

“Sure.”

shower and lay down in bed to sleep.

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

training in a long time, so she decided to work out in

boxing while his peers looked

go,

one can take a punch

onlookers showered the man with their compliments.

“Your footwork is poor, and

age, so she couldn’t help pointing out