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

of

But Vera exploded.

something? You’re 20 years old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long ago if you hadn’t

on the same day as you, but she’s

you keep fooling around like this,

if you do, it’ll

to take a break from

her and had scolded her

trying to explain herself again.

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

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

Only the cream of the crop gets

in because she studied hard day and

for two years. What makes

become

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

on her research for two days straight,

was getting ready to shower, she received a video call

and a handsome man showed up on

have a game with

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

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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titans of the chess world. This will be the game of the century! I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll reply to him right away!”

“Sure.”

hot shower and lay down

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day, Bonnie left her house in a tank top and a pair of

hadn’t done any kickboxing training in a long time, so she

shadow boxing while his peers looked on.

go,

one can take a punch

showered the man with their compliments.

“Your footwork is poor, and your

so she couldn’t help pointing out his mistakes.