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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getting kicked out of school

of

But Vera exploded.

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

the same day as you, but

fooling around like this, you’ll never get

do, it’ll probably be some third–rate

had to take a break from school

believe her and had scolded her

didn’t bother trying to

I’m not going to some third–rate college. I’ll be going

“Pyralis University?”

believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

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

got in because she studied hard day and night.

repeated grades for two years. What makes you think you

I become the top scorer in the entrance

Bonnie was confident.

regained her composure, Bonnie had

bedroom.

research for two days

received a video call from one of her best friends.

it, and a handsome man showed

Knight wants to have

was intrigued. “Are you sure it’s him?”

“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 century! I’m really looking forward to

“Sure.”

took a hot shower and lay down in bed to sleep.

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Bonnie left her house in a tank top and

done any kickboxing training in a long time, so she decided to work

man shadow boxing while his peers

go, Orson!”

a punch like that!”

onlookers showered the man with

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

had learned kickboxing from a young age, so she couldn’t help pointing out