Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 63

Chapter 63

At 10 am sharp, Hanley checked his score. 234 pointer

“Wow, you rock!”

“That’s a killer score! Definitely top ten in the stater

Hanley breathed a sigh of relief.

Lately, he had been burning the midnight oil to catch up with Cordelia, hitting the books every night until half–past twelve, and getting up at the crack of dawn at 5:30 am. His hard work had paid off, and the score was pretty darn good!

Yet, a tinge of regret lingered.

He had wanted to go head–to–head with Cordelia to show her he was every bit her equal. But Cordelia had lost half an hour. Even if her score was lower, his victory felt somewhat hollow.

“If only I had done like Keen and waited for her half an hour,” he thought.

With that on his mind, Hanley opened the Math Forum, where speculation about everyone’s scores was already going wild.

“OMG, Keen got first place!”

“Does that mean Cordelia isn’t number one?”

“How did this happen? I was waiting for our study queen to crush it, but it turns out even prodigies are

normal…”

“Missing half an hour and not getting first is pretty normal, I’d say.”

“Keen waited half an hour too, to be fair! But Keen’s a legend, so first place is no big surprise!”

“I wanted to see Cordelia snag that top spot.”

“I hope so.”

Merry saw the comments in the thread. Looking at Cordelia full of frustration and defiance, she asked, “Lia, people on the forum are saying that the state math committee called Lakeshore High. Keen took the top spot! How many points did you get?”

Cordelia’s phone screen and her eyes stuck to it, unable to look away. 298 points? And yet, it wasn’t first place?

on his feet and brimming with excitement, “Great

as Latham spoke, the crowd around Hanley burst out, “Hey Mr. Latham, did

234!”

modestly, “It’s not the top score. What’s there to

spirit! Top ten in the

applause and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious eyes turned to Cordelia,

How many points?

swallowed hard and cursed,

Keen’s still first? That was beyond belief! Did he get a perfect score

led to some confusion. Some comforted Cordelia, while others, who didn’t

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hour and still got first place. Definitely not

thundered with excitement, “What? Cordelia got first in the state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll

room was a sea of

stammered, “But, the forum says Keen is first!”

they tied for first! Both got 298 points! Then Latham turned to Cordelia, continuing, “I got calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices

asked slowly, “Is Superiority College on the

taken aback, shaking his head, “Superiority College and Top Crest Academy don’t make such offers based on National League results. The best they could do is give you a preferred

“Oh,

been set on one goal, that was,

critics, “The scores from the National League can only get you

gaze, she saw a

She replied, ‘298‘

City, at Superiority

of the Math Department, Frankie, chuckled at the score, “Lia plays it like a game as usual. That score’s got to be the national top,

Conjecture, Frankie had taken to calling her like that.

a young girl

paper looked up, “Professor, you should call admissions right away. Get them to reach out to Lia and recruit this gem to

and Top–Crest Academy don’t offer direct admissions

are made for exceptional cases.

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