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.

“StarJuli” commented, [Who knows if these results are legit? It

Cordelia’s consistently high scores had already won people over, so this comment got immediately blasted. Five

comments, just a lapdog for Juliana and Hanley. I

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 yesterday? They were hiding in a corner, locking lips, and today, their folks were called in. Guess what

composed since the test results, was packing up to head to her physics competition prep but played along with an

realized they were business partners. So, they agreed to engage their kids! Can you believe it?

took a beat. “Early romance isn’t

Merry was speechless.

was about to leave when she suddenly stopped before Merry. With a deadpan expression and misty eyes, she

Um, I don’t know because

and headed toward

13:14

people gathered

Cordelia nodded.

can I shake your hand? I’ve

hand, and they gingerly shook

Cordella, smiling. “Cordelia, did you hear Greenmeadow University called Hanley, offering to drop twenty points for his admission? Did they offer you a discount?”

gave her a

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

scorer.”

12 deducted points were for procedural errors. She had missed several scoring formulas while solving them. Latham said the only

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

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

science horse had emerged,

year, a dark

the most talented students had their limits, and Cordelia had been all about math these past

that thought, he distributed the

a half, Sawyer collected the papers. There were only seven to grade, so she marked them on the spot, allowing the remaining

quiet minutes,

Sawyer, what did I score?”

responded, “158, quite