Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 36

Laurinda hadn’t finished her sentence when Lorna, bubbling with excitement, leaped to her feet. Sanderson had

been peering over Lorna’s shoulder to check the score and collided with her accidentally.

“Ouch…” Sanderson rubbed his sore chin

Lorna asked with concern, “Oh dear, are you okay?”

Laurinda snorted, “Look at you, no poise sitting or standing What? Did she bomb the test?”

No sooner had she spoken than Lorna shouted, “288! My god, Lia is a genius!”

Sanderson was shocked. “What?”

Laurinda was stunned. “That high? No way. You must be seeing things!”

288

Sanderson grabbed the tablet, and his eyes went wide. “No joke, 2

Laurinda furrowed her brow, stepping forward in disbelief. But upon seeing the score, her jaw clenched tight. “How can this be? It’s impossible…”

The narrative flipped in the school forums and online chatter.

[Lord, I bow down to her!]

[Genius persona locked down! I’m on my knees!]

[I’ve witnessed a live academic beatdown these past few days.]

[Hey genius, you rock! Do you want a follower?]

Amidst the praise, a discordant voice appeared.

knows if these results are legit?

scores had already won people over, so this comment got immediately blasted. Five minutes later, the post quietly

a lapdog for Juliana and Hanley. I have no idea whose account it is. It’s so gross!”

Two and Three were caught in the act on the school’s

head to her physics competition prep

were business partners. So, they agreed to engage their kids! Can you

a beat. “Early romance isn’t good.”

Merry was speechless.

suddenly stopped before Merry. With

don’t know because I’ve never kissed anyone!”

and headed toward

13:14

the physics competition class, people gathered around her. “Cordella,

Cordelia nodded.

hand? I’ve got a physics quiz today, and your

hand, and they gingerly shook

sat down before Cordella, smiling. “Cordelia, did you

a brief

compete in math contests in sophomore year and didn’t make an

scorer.”

to math problems. Latham had reviewed her paper and found all 12 deducted points were for procedural errors. She had missed several scoring formulas while solving them. Latham said the only way to overcome this was

Juliana lost interest in the conversation. At that moment, Mr. Sawyer walked in with several sets of papers. “Cordelia’s performance in the Galaxy Math Whiz Competition has brought glory to our school. Let’s not lag in physics, though. I’m counting on some of you to bring home awards!”

specialized classes, most students were prepping. for studying abroad, so competitions

dominated the math and science horse

but this year, a dark

touch of disappointment. Even the most talented students had their limits, and Cordelia had been all about math these past

he distributed

were only seven to grade, so she marked them on

minutes, Sawyer

Sawyer, what did I score?” Juliana couldn’t

“158,