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.

[Who knows if these results are legit? It could be a fluke.]

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

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

during the break, 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 yesterday? They were hiding in a corner, locking lips, and today,

head to her physics competition prep but played along

So, they agreed to engage their kids! Can you believe it? Lia, what’s your

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

uttered and headed toward the

13:14

settled into the physics competition class, people gathered around her.

Cordelia nodded.

I’ve got a physics quiz today, and your genius will rub off on

leisurely raised her hand, and they gingerly shook it

had just entered, saw this, clenched her fists in anger, and sat down before Cordella, smiling. “Cordelia, did you hear Greenmeadow University called Hanley,

a

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

scorer.”

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

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

two specialized classes, most students were prepping. for studying abroad, so competitions weren’t

always dominated the math and science horse

year, a dark

students

that thought, he distributed the tests.

a half, Sawyer collected the papers. There were only seven to grade, so she

minutes, Sawyer finished

what did I score?” Juliana couldn’t

“158, quite impressive!”