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 could easily

care of

But Vera exploded.

years old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long ago

day as you, but

around like this, you’ll never get

it’ll probably

Vera why she had to

didn’t believe her and had scolded her

bother trying to explain herself

some third–rate college. I’ll be going to Pyralis

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

best university in Pyralis! Only the cream of

she studied

makes you think you

if I become

Bonnie was confident.

By the time she regained her composure, Bonnie had returned

bedroom.

two days straight, and she

she was getting ready to shower, she received a video call

handsome man

the Knight wants to have a

intrigued. “Are you sure it’s him?”

“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 century! I’m really

“Sure.”

Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down in bed to

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left her house in a tank top and

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

saw an old man shadow boxing while his peers looked

to go,

one can take a punch

the

“Your footwork is poor, and your strikes

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