Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

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?”

replied nonchalantly,

about your whereabouts, and today he messaged again, inquiring what you

Everard chuckled, “An engagement

Calvert was bewildered but

that the boss, a bachelor for twenty–five years, now had a

left on the table, intending to pocket it when he heard

handed over the bill. Everard opened his wallet, placing the hundred with the two hundred from the previous day before returning to

Calvert was speechless.

completed her exercises, rushed to tackle the

filled with sharp intakes of breath, followed by a hushed silence.

pay it much mind until someone pulled the chair in front of her, bumping her desk as they

She glanced up

Merry’s hair caught her eye

an inexplicable joy

resting her head on the desk, while her classmates subtly moved their desks away from her, as if

lit up at the

doing great!”

Merry didn’t retort and kept her head down, seemingly preoccupied.

hie smile.

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

class, as everyone headed to the cafeteria, Cordelia finished her last problem and stood up. “You

to eat?”

Silence.

students turned their heads, their eyes wide

that Cordelia would still

and was hence so bold,

want to drag a good student down with her.

responded, “Oh,” and left

lunch, she found Merry to

Cordelia sighed inwardly.