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.

night had been a toss–up on a few questions, but it seemed they were all

kudos! You’re a genius,” came Juliana’s

into a smile at

to marry Juliana, a relief in itself. A guy like him deserved nothing but the best, after all!

Not too

Daniel placed a paper on his

glanced at the result. His smile froze, ‘A? Was

“Let’s extend our warmest congratulations to Cordelia! Her grasp of mathematics is

as still as a tableau, erupted into whispers and turned

back row.

sharpening on him. Then,

as if slapped by

was equally frozen, her mind

“Class dismissed!”

the review just in time for the bell and left the classroom.

he gone than

“Screech!”

Cordelia’s front–row neighbor, swung around in her seat. With the laxity of a ragdoll, she leaned on Cordelia’s desk. “Hey, you’re Cordelia,

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

school is buzzing on the forum about whether Hanley can cling to his top spot. I gotta say I’ve had it up to here with Hanley and Juliana, prancing around like

with a noncommittal,

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

impression of Merry being

the papers. The first thing was check Cordelia’s result. Upon seeing the grade, Juliana exhaled in relief.

in hand, just in time to catch Merry’s comment. “Hanley is

she did

this result, do you think you can take the top spot? Dream

sure whether Cordelia beats Hanley or not,

I suppose you have no room for pride.” Merry

off,

end of the school

to look. Grades were just a number to her. She