I Love You, Miss Genius

Chapter 7

Bonnie dodged swiftly and punched his chest.

Milo stumbled backwards and stared at her in shock.

The park was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

“What a punch!” Orson shouted excitedly.

Scott gaped stupidly at her.

The other elderly men were stupefied as well.

They had sparred among themselves before, but Bonnie had applied her techniques in a real fight!

“That’s impossible! She must have just hit him by accident!”

Kay couldn’t believe that a young girl like Bonnie could get the best of Milo.

After all, her grandfather had hand picked him from among the best fighters!

“Milo, what are you waiting for? Attack!”

“Yes, ma’am!” Pulling himself together, Milo took a quick step and delivered a jab at his opponent.

Bonnie blocked it and landed a strike on his ribcage with her left knee.

Milo groaned loudly in pain.

The old men gasped.

“That knee strike must have hurt like hell!”

Milo growled through clenched teeth and charged at Bonnie.

But no matter how he tried, he couldn’t land any hits on her.

In the end, Bonnie threw a roundhouse kick, knocking Milo to the ground.

Every muscle in his body ached, and he could not get back up.

Everyone else was dumbstruck.

“May I know your name?”

“I’m Bonnie Shepard.”

not a kickboxing expert. I just do this for fun.”

What the hell?

caught himself and looked at

to Ms. Bonnie.”

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Kay was silent.

Kay

and earnestly held out her hands.

how to fight

was taken aback.

saw Kay’s eyes shining with admiration for her.

to be just like you!”

was now Bonnie’s

watching superhero movies and longed to be like Wonder Woman or

awed when she saw Bonnie beat Milo down

saw it was already

late for

you can get anyone to teach you. I need to go

and

told Milo, “Get someone to look into her, but don’t let her find out about it or cause her any trouble. And you need to treat her respectfully the next time you see her, okay?”

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Kay would start to investigate her. When she reached

teacher, was livid. He glared at Bonnie

my class again! Is my class not good

raised her hand. “I don’t think she did it to upset you, Mr. Rios. She’s always late to other classes too. Sometimes, she doesn’t even show up for

make him feel any better.

that you should take school seriously,

graduate from high school if you keep

in now, Mr. Rios? I’ve

glanced at

was furious, but he couldn’t resort to

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tried another method.

sit down yet, Bonnie. Solve the question on the blackboard.”