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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worried about getting kicked out of school because she could

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

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

keep fooling around like this,

it’ll probably be some third–rate college!”

had to take a break from school back then.

didn’t believe her and had scolded her

bother trying to explain

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

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

best university in Pyralis! Only the cream of the crop

studied hard day

for two years. What makes you think

getting in if I become the top scorer in the

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

research for two days straight, and she

received a video

it, and a handsome man showed up on screen.

to have a game with

intrigued. “Are 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

“Sure.”

hot shower and

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left her house in a tank

hadn’t done any kickboxing training in a long time, so she decided to work out

an old man shadow boxing

go, Orson!”

take a

the man with

footwork is poor, and your strikes

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