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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wasn’t worried about getting kicked out of school because she

of that.

But Vera exploded.

have graduated long ago if you hadn’t skipped school so often. Hell, you even took one whole year off

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

fooling around like this,

do, it’ll

why she had to take a break from school back

believe her and had

to explain herself again.

to some third–rate

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

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

because she studied hard day and

repeated grades for two years. What makes you think you

in if I become the

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

research for two days

she received a video call from one of

handsome man showed up on screen.

to have a

was intrigued. “Are you sure

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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titans of the chess world. This will be the game of

“Sure.”

hanging up, Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down in bed

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left her house in a tank top and a pair

time,

boxing while his peers

go, Orson!”

a

showered the

herself, “Your footwork is

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