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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school because she could easily get someone

care of

But Vera exploded.

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 whole

day as you, but she’s already a sophomore at

this, you’ll never

do, it’ll

told Vera why she had to take

her and had

didn’t bother trying to explain

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

“Pyralis University?”

believe her ears.

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

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

in because she studied

years. What makes you think you

no problem getting in if I become the top scorer in the entrance test.”

Bonnie was confident.

she regained her composure, Bonnie had returned to her

bedroom.

worked on her research for two days straight, and

ready to shower, she received a video

handsome man showed up on screen.

to have

you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be the game of the century! I’m

“Sure.”

shower and lay

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a.m. the next day, Bonnie left her house in

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

old man shadow boxing while his peers looked on.

to go, Orson!”

a

elderly onlookers showered the man with their compliments.

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

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