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

to draft this into a paper and submit it to a prestigious math journal. Do you know how to write a

came the

I suggest you submit to Inventiones

reaction was still nonchalant, “Okay.“.

all night organizing the paper.

“Are you free these days?”

“No.”

“Busy studying?”

really. I’m prepping for the National Math League.” Cordelia hadn’t

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she decided to knuckle down

three days

as if he’d entered

who just proved Ratra’s Conjecture,

still in high school,

“Yeah.

mind, I’ll get someone reliable to write the paper for

you, that would

couple of times in the group. Why did you trust me enough to send

mathematician and a man of integrity, even he couldn’t quarantee his heart wouldn’t stir at the

a

slowly, “Didn’t you ask me

Frankie was baffled.

from her sleep, didn’t give the conversation

three days, she focused intently on practice problems, pouring all

shut down by Sanderson. Meanwhile, Rachel and

those three days, Cordelia packed her bags to travel to the

the same as those in the previous Galaxy Math Whiz Competition, Greenmeadow International School still had three girls

decided she would

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

hours later, they arrived at

in, Hanley deliberately lagged behind to catch Cordelia’s room number. He then saw her hand over her ID, prompting the front desk clerk to smile, “Hello, we’re out of single rooms, so would you mind a complimentary upgrade to the presidential suite?”

were stunned. Such luck!

presidential suite was on the 28th floor and off–limits to regular guests not staying