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?”

her eyes stuck to it, unable to look away.

light on his feet and

crowd around Hanley burst out, “Hey Mr. Latham,

234!”

not the top score.

grew wider, “That’s the spirit! Top ten in the state, easy!”

into applause and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious

How many points?

and cursed, “Keen’s not human!”

still first? That was beyond belief! Did he get a

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

7/2

11:18

“Yeah, he waited half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but a god! Unlike some people… seems like the

state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll be first in the nation too!

room was a sea of shock

forum

first! Both got 298 points! Then Latham turned to Cordelia, continuing, “I got calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices wanting to offer you direct admission agreements. I wrote down their names. Want

slowly, “Is Superiority College on the list?”

Top Crest Academy don’t make such offers based on National League

slightly disappointed, “Oh, then reject them

been set on one

sparked fresh fodder for her critics, “The scores from the National League can only get you into average

ignored them, as her phone buzzed. Lowering her gaze, she saw a message from Mathster, ‘Lia, how

She replied, ‘298‘

at Superiority College.

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

had proven Batra’s Conjecture, Frankie had taken to calling her like

renowned math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss

“Professor, you should call admissions right away. Get them to reach out to Lia and

direct

are made for

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