Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Calvert spat out his milk in disbelief. You just said you wanted to buy what?”

Cordelia looked at him, confusion etched across her face. She had no clue why Little Fang was reacting so strongly, but she earnestly explained anyway. “The balloon I saw on the shelf on my first day here”

Balloon? That was clearly condoms.

Calvert tried to speak, but ended up choking on his words, coughing violently.

Cordelia shot a puzzled glance at Everard

With his hands plunged deep in his pockets, Everard sauntered towards the counter before lazily taking a seat. Only then did he inquire. “You’re getting that to play by yourself?”

Cordelia paused for a beat. “…Yeah.”

Everard leaned back into the shadows of the shop, his voice laced with amusement. “Playing alone is no fun.”

She pondered for a moment, “True, I’ll buy it and leave it here then. We can play together some other time.”

“Eh!” Just as Calvert took a sip of water to calm his cough, he sprayed it out again.

Cordelia sensed something was off. She was about to ask Little Fang what got him so worked up when the tapping of fingers on the countertop interrupted them, followed by Everard’s tempting, “Girl, you’re about to be

late.”

Hearing it, Cordelia glanced at the clock in the shop and realized she had five minutes before the bell rang.

She grabbed her backpack and dashed out, “I gotta run!”

Calvert watched her leave, then slowly turned to his boss, only to find Everard engrossed in a book, perfectly camouflaged in the dim corner.

Calvert approached the counter, leaning against it. “Boss, when are you heading back?”

nonchalantly,

Mr. Griffin’s to pick up some coffee beans yesterday. He subtly asked about your whereabouts, and today he messaged again, inquiring what you needed the

a moment of silence, Everard chuckled,

bewildered but quickly grew

Griffin found out that the boss, a bachelor for twenty–five years, now

on the table, intending to pocket it

opened his wallet,

Calvert was speechless.

exercises, rushed to

with sharp intakes of breath, followed

it much mind until someone pulled the chair

She glanced

Merry’s hair caught

inexplicable

her head on the desk, while her classmates subtly moved their desks away from her, as if Merry’s reverted hair

entered the classroom for math class and lit up at the sight of

you’re doing

kept

hie smile.

class ever since Merry’s arrival. Whispers circulated, with pointed

everyone headed to the cafeteria, Cordelia finished

to eat?”

Silence.

their heads,

taken aback that Cordelia would still speak to her, looked up. “You…”

so bold, Merry managed a bitter

want to drag a good

“Oh,” and left for

lunch, she found Merry to leave the

Cordelia sighed inwardly.

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