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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of school because she

of that.

But Vera exploded.

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

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

this, you’ll never

if you do, it’ll

she had to

parents didn’t believe her and had scolded her

to explain herself again.

I’m not going to some third–rate

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

the

studied hard day

two years. What makes you think you can

in if I become the top

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

research for two days straight,

she was getting ready to shower, she received a video call from one of

and a handsome man showed up on

to have a game with

intrigued. “Are you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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

“Sure.”

Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down in

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6:00 a.m. the next day, Bonnie left her house in a tank

a long time, so she decided to work out

boxing

to go,

a punch

the man with their compliments.

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

so she couldn’t