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.

results are legit? It could be

won people over, so this comment got immediately blasted. Five minutes later,

for Juliana and Hanley. I have no idea

Parrot, Merry, seizing the moment 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 test results, was packing up to head to her physics competition prep but played along with an

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

took a beat. “Early romance isn’t good.”

Merry was speechless.

stood up, navigated the crooked aisle, and was about to leave when she suddenly stopped before Merry. With a deadpan expression and misty eyes, she

Um, I don’t know because I’ve

headed toward the lecture hall.

13:14

physics competition class, people gathered

Cordelia nodded.

of them extended a hand. “Genius queen, can I shake your hand? I’ve got a

her hand, and they gingerly shook

in anger, and sat down before Cordella, smiling. “Cordelia, did you hear Greenmeadow University called Hanley, offering to drop twenty

a

didn’t make an

scorer.”

her attention returning 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.

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

classes, most students were prepping.

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

year,

talented students had

he distributed

to grade, so she marked them on the spot, allowing the remaining time for self–study or questions.

minutes, Sawyer

did I

responded, “158, quite