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

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

his lips into a smile

for him to marry Juliana, a relief in itself. A guy like him

too

eyes as Daniel placed a paper on

at the result. His smile froze,

our warmest congratulations to Cordelia! Her grasp of mathematics is remarkable. Despite the difficulty of this exam,

as a tableau, erupted into whispers and turned heads, all eyes on the girl in the

back row.

on him. Then, with

Hanley’s cheeks as if slapped by an invisible hand.

frozen, her mind a loop of denial,

“Class dismissed!”

in time for the bell and left the classroom.

had he gone than the room erupted into

“Screech!”

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

a moment, replying simply, “Nice

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 and Juliana, prancing around

a noncommittal,

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

silent, her first impression of Merry being that of an overfriendly

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

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

she did

do you think

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

I suppose you have no room for pride.” Merry chuckled, “Oh, I couldn’t be prouder to

off,

school

her. She grabbed her bag and was