Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Everyone simultaneously looked at Juliana and Hanley

Feeling the collective gaze, Juliana straightened up and flashed a smile at Hanley, asking, “What if Cordelial starts hounding you?”

Hanley lifted his chin with an air of finality. “Our engagement is set. It’s not changing for anyone.”

With that, Juliana relaxed,

She and Hanley had grown up together, their relationship always teetering on the edge of something more. Now, with their engagement on the horizon, she trusted that Hanley harbored no feelings for Cordelia.

Their conversation was neither hushed nor loud, but just enough for the onlookers to overhear.

A few snide voices began to mock Cordelia, “Being the top of the class doesn’t mean you can win Hanley’s heart, huh?”

“If I were her, I’d stay well away. How shameless can you get, always hovering around Hanley…”

Cordelia cooled her gaze but before she could speak up, Merry interjected, “Some folks really have nothing better to do than to poke their noses into others‘ business!”

Merry had a sing–song quality, even when she was hurling insults.

The teasers promptly shut their mouths.

Merry then glanced at Juliana and Hanley with a snort, “And some people really have the gall!”

The classroom fell silent. When it came to quick wit, no one could outdo Merry.

Seeing that Merry had defused the situation, Cordelia nodded to show her thanks and made her way to her seat, but Merry turned and headed for the door.

The class president called out, “Merry, class is about to start, where are you off to?”

Merry looked back, blowing a bubble with her gum, “Arcade.”

Cordelia blinked in surprise.

Merry didn’t return for the rest of the day.

it was time for

session. Juliana stood up as well, heading

Juliana caught a glimpse of Cordelia rising a beat slower and heading in their direction. She couldn’t resist asking. “What if she talks to you? It would be

paused, seemingly conflicted, “That’s true…

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up, they were at the stairwell. As they hesitated on whether to acknowledge

stopped in their tracks, enveloped in an awkward silence..

entered the classroom to find only a handful of students had shown up

competition problems and set the class to work on them before approaching Cordelia

I

nodded and got

unable to keep

Hanley, a seasoned math

finishing the two–hour test in one, causing a

on the spot,

a sigh of relief. A sense

success in competitions, which were more complex and demanded higher logical reasoning.

off day for him at the last test. He was sure to reclaim the

test, marked with three red wrong signs and asked, puzzled, “How could

right, but in a formal competition, everyone will mark these as incorrect. Do

her

“Calculus is a college subject.

simply replied,

was silently impressed, then he explained, “The high school math competition tests logical reasoning, which means you need to solve these problems with

your

syllabus, not

looked up, her misty eyes filled with confusion. This was unexpected.

some notes for

we caught this early. There’s still time. I’ll compile so you

he added, “If you have any questions, you

glanced at the test on her desk.

calculus, they indeed seemed

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