Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 8

Latham strode into the classroom, his arrival predating the bell’s chime by mere seconds.

He dropped a stack of thick papers onto the desk at the front, Daniel, would you mind handing these out?”

A hush fell over the room as Cordelia, seated at the back, watched necks crane and bodies lean forward in anticipation. As the papers made their rounds, a cacophony of sighs and gasps peppered the air from every

comer.

Daniel, a slim figure with glasses that seemed too heavy for his face, approached Juliana and handed her the

paper.

Curiosity bubbled up from the desks, “What do you get?”

Juliana glanced at her score with a mix of ease and pride in her voice. “A”

“And you nailed that with these brain–busters? Impressive!”

Juliana feigned modesty. ‘Oh, it’s nothing. I’m still trailing behind Hanley”

“No need to compare with that guy who is been raking in math awards since he was in diapers. But you know, you’re two peas in a pod, academically speaking.

Amidst the surrounding exclamations of admiration, Juliana inevitably drifted her gaze to the back row

With a hint of teasing, she said, “Daniel, would you be a dear and check my cousin’s grade?”

Fumbling through the papers, Daniel didn’t find Cordelia’s but instead pulled out Hanley’s and promptly handed it over…

Before the commotion could settle, Latham announced from the front, “This math test, there’s only one perfect score in the entire grade, and it’s from our class!”

“Wow!”

“Hanley’s got to be the man, right?”

As the class buzzed with astonishment, Hanley quietly exhaled in relief.

few questions, but it

You’re a genius,” came Juliana’s congratulations.

a smile at her

to marry Juliana, a relief in itself. A

Not too shabby.

blur before his eyes as Daniel

smile froze, ‘A?

warmest congratulations to Cordelia! Her grasp of mathematics is remarkable. Despite the

a tableau, erupted into whispers and turned heads,

back row.

sharpening on him. Then, with a slow

to Hanley’s cheeks as if slapped by

mind a loop of denial,

“Class dismissed!”

review just in time for the bell and left the

gone than the room

“Screech!”

around in her seat. With the laxity of a ragdoll, she leaned on Cordelia’s desk. “Hey, you’re Cordelia, right? I’m Merry,” she

for a moment, replying simply, “Nice to meet you.”

spot. I gotta say I’ve had it up to here with Hanley and Juliana, prancing around like they own the place just because of some

with a

family thought your grades were embarrassing, so they called off the engagement? Are you gonna try and top

Merry

role as a volunteer, collected the papers. The first thing was check Cordelia’s result. Upon seeing the grade, Juliana exhaled

hand, just in time to catch Merry’s comment. “Hanley is no one–trick pony,” Juliana

she did

handed Cordelia her Literature paper, “B+. Cordelia, with this result, do you think you can take the top spot? Dream

her head at Juliana,” I’m not sure whether Cordelia beats Hanley or not, but she’ll definitely better than you.

have no room for pride.” Merry chuckled, “Oh, I couldn’t be prouder to rank the last in the

off,

rankings weren’t out until the end of the school day, posted on the wall for

her. She grabbed