Love or Die: CEO’ s Daily Dose of Swoon (Cordelia) novel Chapter 59

Chapter 59 

Outside the exam hall, the person in charge of maintaining order stood with Cordelia and Yuna 

The exam was taking place at a borrowed school Inside the classroom, there was a surveillance camera 

The person in charge played back the footage for Latham and Yuna’s team leader, Zack, explaining. “According to the surveillance, it was Yuna who threw the first punch Cordelia was merely defending herself when she pushed Yuna down. But the rule is clear that both parties involved in a fight will be disqualified from the competition” 

High schoolers tend to be hot headed and impulsive. Some brawds started from a simple verbal dispute, making it hard to tell right from wrong. Therefore, in the competitive arena, the rules were unbiased. Anyone who resorted to violence got disqualified 

On the video, Cordelia blocked Yuna’s path. After a struggle, Yuna pretended to be shoved by Cordelia From the surveillance alone, it was impossible to tell whether it was Cordelia’s push or Yuna’s own stumble 

Yuna’s waist ached from the impact. Even standing made her painful. Gritting her teeth, she admitted, “Fine, I started it. I’ll take the penalty!” 

She glared at Cordelia, thinking that if she couldn’t win, at least she could drag Cordelia down with her. 

Cordelia was tight with anger, her lips pursed. 

Latham was frantic, “Please look closely. It’s clear that Yuna attacked, and Cordelia was just defending herself. She didn’t fight back and only gave Yuna a light push. How could that have knocked her down like that?” 

Zack, on the other hand, spoke up with dissatisfaction, “What are you implying, Latham? Are you saying Yuna is faking it?” 

Latham nodded emphatically, “Last exam, she was already hostile towards Cordelia. They didn’t even exchange words this time. It’s obvious it was deliberate!” 

Zack sighed, “I don’t know the exact details, but the rule is clear. Cordelia did retaliate. Latham, are you suggesting we break the exam rules?” 

Latham continued to plead with the person in charge. 

When Cordelia had entered the exam hall, she had surrendered her phone, but now, as she stepped out, she had it back. 

Her phone vibrated. 

Mr. All–Round asked, ‘Has the exam started?” 

Cordelia sighed and replied, “Nope.” 

It was already time for the exam, and the fact that Cordelia could still text was a red flag for Everard. 

Mr. All–Round asked, “What happened?” 

Cordelia, still fuming, quickly typed out a summary of the events. 

No sooner had she sent the message than Mr. All–Round replied, ‘Give me twenty minutes.” 

Cordelia was surprised and checked the time. It was exactly eight o’clock. 

She didn’t respond to the message. 

As Latham kept arguing with the person in charge for twenty minutes and was about to give up, a man with a buzz cut suddenly jogged over from a distance. He was dressed in a mechanic’s jumpsuit with a fair and boyish face. Once he arrived, he took a deep breath, checked his watch and said, “Twenty minutes on the dot!” Then he looked up and almost greeted Cordelia at the sight of her, but he caught himself in time, “I’ve been briefed about the situation over the phone. Now, show me the surveillance footage.” 

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Chapter 59

Both the person in charge and Latham were taken aback, while Zack asked, “And who might you be? 

The man slapped his forehead, Ah, forgot to introduce myself. I’m a cop.” 

He flashed his badge quickly. “Let’s see the footage 

Nobody had called the police. 

The person in charge, still bewildered, played the surveillance video on the computer 

The man took over the computer, typed a few keys to slow the video down to one eighth speed, and pointed out. “Look here, this student hesitated after being stopped by Cordelia, steadied herself, and then fell backward. It’s not apparent at normal speed, but at this slow rate, it’s clear Cordelia didn’t retaliate at all. This was a self–staged act by this student. Do we still need to disqualify Cordelia?” 

Within three minutes, he presented the evidence to everyone involved. 

At the sight of the irrefutable evidence, the person in charge turned to Yuna in anger, “Yuna, you’ve disrupted the order of the exam, and you will be banned from all official competitive exams!” 

After that, he checked the time again and addressed Cordelia, “You can enter the exam hall, but because there’s another exam after this, I can’t make up for the lost time. Is that okay with you?” 

Cordelia expressed her understanding. 

Latham reassured her, “Cordelia, don’t panic! The spirit of competition is to never give up. You got this!” Cordelia nodded and followed the person in charge to the exam hall. The plainclothes officer called out, “Cordelia, I’m Skyler. Remember my name, we’ll meet again!” 

Cordelia glanced at him again. His jumping and waving figure was quite endearing, like a little dove. Cordelia was late entering the exam hall, so she had half an hour less than the others. 

After the first part was over and her papers were collected, Cordelia sat in her chair, letting out a sigh of relief. Then, the light in front of her dimmed.