Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 58

“What’s the right call?”

That graduate student was puzzled, stepping forward to take a closer look, and gasped in shock, “Is this…?”

It finally dawned on Frankie that his student was peering at the sensitive documents scattered on his desk. Frankie hastily stood up, tidied the papers, and breathed a sigh of relief as that student tactfully averted his

Daze

Still stunned, that student murmured, “Is that right?”

Frankie nodded.

Suddenly, an idea struck him and he grabbed his smartphone to make a WhatsApp call to Cordelia.

It was well past midnight, and Cordelia seemed to be asleep. The phone rang several times before she answered with a groggy “Hello”

Her voice was husky and indifferent, laced with the haze of sleep

Frankie spoke urgently. “Did you send these conjecture results to anyone else?”

There was a pause on the other end before replying, “No.”

He exhaled in relief, then said solemnly. “Before you publish this, don’t show it to anyone else. There are many in the academic world who would hijack others‘ hard work.”

“Okay, got it,” she replied, her tone still remarkably calm.

He cleared his throat and asked, “Did you prove this conjecture all by yourself?”

There was a pause before she answered seriously, “Not really, my granddad proved two–thirds of it. You can tell from the draft I sent you.”

Frankie had seen it, but many had tried and failed to prove this conjecture using that method, usually getting stuck at the final step and unable to progress.

So the first two–thirds wasn’t the breakthrough. It was the final third that was truly remarkable!

If Cordelia claimed she had proved the conjecture on her own, there would be no issue.

Frankie felt further trust in her character and a growing fondness as if she were his kin. He chuckled, “Which journal are you thinking of publishing in?”

was a moment of confusion before

into a paper and submit it to a prestigious math

the simple

with that. I suggest you submit to Inventiones Mathematicae. Your conjecture will definitely cause a sensation

her reaction was still

he would’ve been up all night organizing the paper. Yet, her attitude was

asked again, “Are you free these

“No.”

“Busy studying?”

prepping for the National Math League.” Cordelia hadn’t done any serious

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she decided to knuckle down

three days

felt as if

just proved Ratra’s Conjecture,

the thought that she was still in high school, Frankie swallowed hard, “You’re a senior?”

“Yeah.

you don’t mind, I’ll get someone reliable to write the paper for you”

that would be

last moment, he asked, “We’ve only chatted a couple of times in the group. Why did you trust

a man of integrity, even he couldn’t quarantee his heart wouldn’t stir

a

question, answered slowly, “Didn’t you ask me to help you with

Frankie was baffled.

hanging up, Cordelia, who was roused from her sleep, didn’t give the conversation another

on practice problems, pouring all her

shut down by Sanderson. Meanwhile, Rachel and

packed her bags

Whiz Competition, Greenmeadow International School still had three girls participating, with the other two

she would

back row, wearing a baseball cap, and pursed his lips. He sighed, thinking he’d offer her some

they arrived

lagged behind to catch Cordelia’s room number. He then saw her hand over her ID, prompting the front desk clerk to

were stunned.

on the 28th floor and off–limits to regular guests