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.

toss–up on a few

You’re a genius,” came

into a smile at her

that his family had arranged for him to marry Juliana, a relief in itself. A guy like him

Not too shabby.

as Daniel placed a paper on his

His smile

a breathless Latham added, “Let’s extend our warmest congratulations to Cordelia! Her grasp of

erupted into whispers and turned heads, all eyes on

back row.

head, her gaze sharpening on him. Then, with a slow and knowing smile, Cordelia whispered just loud

if

Juliana was equally frozen, her mind a

“Class dismissed!”

just in time for the bell and left

than the room erupted into noise.

“Screech!”

on Cordelia’s desk. “Hey, you’re Cordelia,

eyeballed her for a moment, replying simply, “Nice

by Cordelia’s cool demeanor, Merry brandished her phone and chirped, “The whole 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

responded with a noncommittal, “Oh.”

chatter, “I heard the Foster family thought your grades were embarrassing, so they called off the engagement? Are you gonna try and top the class to

first impression of Merry

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

Merry’s comment. “Hanley is no one–trick

she did

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

Juliana,” I’m not sure whether Cordelia beats Hanley or not, but she’ll definitely better than you. What’s there for you to be so smug

Juliana sneered, “Considering you’re at the bottom, I suppose you have no room for pride.” Merry chuckled, “Oh,

stormed off, fuming.

final rankings weren’t out until the end of the school

look. Grades were just a number to her. She grabbed her bag and