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.

a toss–up on a few questions, but it seemed they were all hits….

genius,”

lips into a smile at her words.

had arranged for him to marry Juliana, a relief in

too

his eyes as Daniel placed

His smile

“Let’s extend our warmest congratulations to Cordelia! Her grasp of mathematics is remarkable. Despite the difficulty of this exam, her result

as still as a tableau, erupted into whispers and turned heads, all eyes

back row.

him. Then, with a slow and knowing smile, Cordelia

if slapped by an

was equally frozen, her mind a loop of denial, “Impossible! How?‘

“Class dismissed!”

the review just in time for

he gone than

“Screech!”

of a ragdoll, she leaned on Cordelia’s desk. “Hey, you’re Cordelia, right? I’m Merry,” she announced, her vibrant pink hair and dramatic makeup reminiscent

eyeballed her for a moment, replying

forum about whether Hanley can cling to his top spot. I gotta say I’ve had it up

with a

thought your grades were embarrassing, so they called off the

of Merry being that of an overfriendly blabbermouth.

playing her role as a volunteer, collected the papers. The

hand, just in time to catch Merry’s comment. “Hanley is no

she did

do you think

beats Hanley or not, but she’ll

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

off, fuming.

of the school day, posted on the wall for all

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