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?”

at Cordelia’s phone screen and her eyes stuck to it, unable

light on his feet and brimming with excitement, “Great news, folks! Awesome

soon as Latham spoke, the crowd around Hanley burst out, “Hey Mr. Latham, did you hear?

234!”

top

grin grew wider, “That’s the spirit! Top

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

How many points?

and cursed, “Keen’s not human!”

was beyond

Cordelia, while others, who didn’t like seeing her

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Juliana, mocked, “Yeah, he waited half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but

voice thundered with excitement, “What? Cordelia got first in the state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll be first in the nation too! She scored 298 points!”

room was a sea of shock and

“But, the forum

smiling, “Yes, they tied for 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

slowly, “Is Superiority College on the

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

disappointed, “Oh, then reject

had always been set on one

the National League can only get you into average universities. Dreaming of Superiority College and Top Crest

phone buzzed. Lowering her gaze, she

She replied, ‘298‘

City, at Superiority

head of the Math Department, Frankie, chuckled at the score, “Lia plays it like a

Conjecture, Frankie had taken to calling her like that.

renowned math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss Cordelia” didn’t seem appropriate. Lia

should call admissions right away. Get

and Top–Crest Academy don’t offer direct admissions based on National

exceptions are made

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