Just as Georgia asked, Robert walked up to her.
He didn’t open the packet and instead showed an inexplicable smile.
“Why don’t you guess what’s in here? You’ll get a prize.”
Georgia didn’t know how to describe the smile in Robert’s eyes. She only felt like she’d been attracted, and there were secrets in there seducing her to look into them.
She even felt that Robert’s gaze had a bit of exhilaration in them. He looked especially happy.
“The company performance is up? Or have you found who it is targeting us behind the scenes? Or is it something interesting?”
Georgia spoke out about all her speculations and Robert shook his head, shooting them all down.
He handed the packet to the woman before him.
“Open it and see. If you guess on like this, you’ll never reach the answer.”
Georgia opened the packet curiously and took out what was in them.
She stared at Robert in shock and couldn’t believe it for the moment.
“You actually got these over?”
Georgia didn’t know how to describe her tone. She just felt it was incredible.
“Mrs. Simpson doesn’t believe in her husband’s ability, so I could only bring this over and show Mrs. Simpson if her Mr. Simpson could do it or not?”
“So you’re planning on completing this exam before my eyes and prove your ability?”
Georgia smiled. There wasn’t any kind of secret document in that packet, but several dozen examination papers.
It was the public exam test papers over the last decade in math, physics, and chemistry.
She remembered what happened that night. She’d mentioned Rick to humble Robert a bit instead of boasting about how great he was before an actual titan of academia.
But the man’s pride was this strong and he wanted to prove himself to her with the exams in hand. She was both exasperated and amused.
“All those years have passed and I don’t know if I still have a good grasp of that knowledge, but I looked at the textbooks a couple days back and it feels familiar. Pick any three papers. Physics, math, chemistry, one each.
“I can’t guarantee that I’ll get full marks, but I don’t think I’d be that far behind Rick.”
“Are you serious?”
Georgia was dying at Robert’s gesture. She felt like Robert’s expression was serious, and he wasn’t joking around with her.
“Why would I not be serious? You can ask any question you like. If you’re not happy with these, you can find some questions online and test me with them too.”
Was manly pride this ridiculously strong?
Georgia looked at Robert’s serious gaze and apologized instantly.
“Let’s not play around with this. The kids are just waking up, and if the two of them knew you were working on exam papers in here, they’ll laugh at you. Besides, from all this time, other than those senior geniuses, I’ve only seen one like Rick among the younger generation, so I admire him especially. I might not be paying too much attention to how I’m talking about him, but to me, you’ll always be the most excellent person. Really.”
Georgia was perfectly serious too.
The bedroom door suddenly opened and she say Wesley and Annie run in.
“Just do what Daddy wants, Mommy, and have him do the exam. I want to see if Daddy can get full marks!”
“Auntie Georgia, I want to see if Dad can get full marks too.”
The two children looked expectantly at Georgia.
The kids had gotten to know about this after all, and they were eager.
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