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?”

a moment of confusion before

it to a prestigious math journal. Do

came the simple reply.

1 can help you with that. I suggest you submit to Inventiones

reaction was still

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

“Are you free these

“No.”

“Busy studying?”

the National Math League.” Cordelia hadn’t done

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show respect for the upcoming competition, she decided to knuckle

three days

as if he’d entered a realm of fantasy

just proved Ratra’s Conjecture, to compete with

at the thought that she was still in high school,

“Yeah.

I’ll get someone reliable to write the

that would be great

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

was a renowned mathematician and a man of integrity, even he couldn’t quarantee

a history–making

you ask me to help you with this

Frankie was baffled.

who was roused from her sleep, didn’t give the conversation another thought and

days, she focused intently on practice problems, pouring all her energy into

several times but was shut down by Sanderson. Meanwhile, Rachel and Juliana seemed too deflated by the

packed her bags to travel to the National

Math Whiz Competition, Greenmeadow International

Cordelia, Latham decided she would

Hanley saw Cordelia sitting alone in the back row, wearing a baseball cap, and pursed his lips. He sighed,

they arrived

checking 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

stunned. Such luck!

the 28th floor and off–limits to regular