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.

was time for the afternoon study period.

Juliana stood up as well, heading to her physics. competition prep class in room 302, right next to the math classroom.

heading in their direction. She couldn’t resist asking. “What if she talks

paused, seemingly conflicted, “That’s true…

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on whether to acknowledge her, Cordelia walked past them without a glance, not even

Juliana stopped in their tracks, enveloped in an awkward

the classroom to find only a handful of

discussed a few competition problems and set the class to work on them before approaching Cordelia with

I

got

her from a not–too–distant seat, unable to keep from monitoring her

to Cordelia was standard competition level, Hanley, a seasoned math competitor, had gotten them all correct.

one,

on the spot, announcing the

of relief. A sense of

all, excelling in regular math didn’t guarantee success in competitions, which were more complex and demanded higher logical

was just an off day for him at the last test. He was

Cordelia stared at her test, marked with three red wrong signs and

got the answers right, but

shook her head.

“Calculus is a college subject. Where did you learn

simply replied,

means you need to solve

your

the syllabus, not using the designated knowledge points.”

up, her misty eyes filled with confusion. This

some notes for

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

“If you have any questions, you

just murmured, “Oh.” She glanced at the test on her

problems were new to her. Without college knowledge like calculus, they indeed seemed challenging, but she found

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