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?”

confusion before she replied,

to draft this into a paper and submit it to a prestigious math journal. Do

the simple

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

was

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

you free these

“No.”

“Busy studying?”

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

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decided to knuckle down and practice for the next

three days

was speechless and felt as if he’d entered a

who just proved Ratra’s Conjecture, to compete with high school kids?

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

“Yeah.

someone reliable to

that would be great

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

he couldn’t quarantee his heart wouldn’t

a history–making achievement!

question, answered slowly, “Didn’t you ask me

Frankie was baffled.

roused from her sleep, didn’t give the conversation another thought and drifted back into

practice problems, pouring all her

by Sanderson. Meanwhile, Rachel and Juliana seemed too deflated by the

packed her bags to

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

Latham decided she would have

Cordelia sitting alone in the back row, wearing a baseball cap, and pursed his lips. He sighed, thinking he’d offer her some comfort once they’d settled in at the hotel, away from the

hours later, they arrived

prompting the front desk clerk to

were stunned. Such

baffled. The presidential suite was on the 28th floor and