I Love You, Miss Genius

Bonnie's heart skipped a beat. "Probably not."

'Well, I have to say that that would be something Ivor would do. So, I can't be sure about it.'

"What are we going to do if he takes a flight back to Pyralis, but you're not there?" Collin was pacing back and forth, anxious on his chief's behalf. "You're behind enemy lines right now. There's no way you could fly back home now!

"No excuses would work if you're not even in Pyralis! Gosh. What are we going to do?" He was so anxious that he was scratching his ears and cheeks.

"Calm down, Collin. I'll think of something." Bonnie rubbed her brow. She was having a headache.

"I-Is there any way around it, though?" He scratched his head, but he couldn't think of any solution to this predicament.

"I'll just tell him the truth if it comes down to it!"

'I kept this a secret from Ivor because this identity of mine is involved with international organizations, with complicated internal structures. So, I didn't want to drag him into it, thereby putting him in danger. I'll tell him the truth if I really don't have a choice.'

a good idea

but he saw out of the corner of his eye that Ivor answered

the next moment, he

"Hey, Bonnie."

out a sigh of relief, cleared her throat, and said, "I'm here. What's the matter? Toby told

anxious to talk to me on the phone. Did

your work

means that he didn't take a flight back to Pyralis, as both Collin and I presumed. However, this call made me

work trip overseas, but he's far closer to Pyralis than I am. After all, I'm in Yale. He could always take a

afford to keep this under wraps for long. If I don't retrieve the chip as soon as possible, Ivor might find out

to talk to you. Why didn't you answer, then?" Ivor's tone was

to

people interrupt me, especially when it comes to my research. All it takes is to be distracted for a