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.

if these results are legit? It could be

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

lapdog for Juliana and Hanley. I have no idea

leaned into her gossip prowess. “Lia, I’ve got some hot gossip for you. Did you hear two kids from Class Two and Three were caught in the act on the school’s field

the test results, was packing up to head to her physics competition prep but played

met and realized they were business partners. So, they agreed to engage their

a beat. “Early romance isn’t good.”

Merry was speechless.

and was about to leave when she suddenly stopped before Merry. With a deadpan

was flabbergasted. “Uh? Um, I don’t know because I’ve

uttered and headed toward the lecture

13:14

settled into the physics competition class, people gathered

Cordelia nodded.

queen, can I shake your hand? I’ve got a physics quiz today, and your genius

raised her hand, and they gingerly shook it before letting

“Cordelia, did you hear

a brief look. “No.”

math contests in sophomore year and didn’t make an impression on the admissions office. Greenmeadow

scorer.”

for procedural errors. She had missed several scoring formulas while solving them. Latham said the only way to overcome this was to

no response from Cordelia, 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

from the two specialized classes, most students were prepping. for

math and science horse had emerged, and Latham was on cloud nine.

this year,

gaze lingered on Cordelia with a touch of disappointment. Even the most talented students had

thought, he distributed

papers. There were only seven to grade, so she

minutes, Sawyer finished grading.

what did I score?” Juliana couldn’t

“158, quite impressive!”