Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 24

The elevator arrived.

Cordelia and Loule stepped into the elevator together. As they descended, Louie adjusted his glasses, his face a picture of soft perfection without a single blemish. “Hypnosis exists, but it might not be what you’re dealing with since I can’t see any signs of it on you.”

Cordelia widened her eyes, locked in thought. She trusted Louie’s words, but if it wasn’t hypnosis, then what could it be?

As they reached the ground floor, Louie chuckled, “Got a cell phone?”

Cordelia replied hesitantly. “…Yeah.”

They exchanged a look before Louie sighed, “When someone asks if you have a phone, they usually want your number. Give me yours so we can keep in touch.”

With a dawning realization, Cordelia slowly took out her phone and they swapped numbers. Lifting her head, she said, “Louie, see you around.”

After Louie disappeared from sight, she turned and headed back upstairs.

Entering the apartment, Mathilda was lecturing Lorna, “…that’s the way! If you keep backing down, she’ll push you further. Ah, I never liked that Sanderson for you…”

Sitting nearby, Sanderson let out an awkward cough, signaling his presence.

Mathilda shot him a displeased glance but refrained from harsh words, instead waving Cordelia over, “Come on, let’s go see your grandpa.”

Cordelia nodded and followed Mathilda into a bedroom where Lacy with salt–and–pepper hair sat in a wicker rocking chair, soaking up the sun with his eyes closed.

Upon their entrance, Lacy opened his eyes. Upon seeing Cordelia, he looked puzzled but then smiled, “Lorna, I thought you were at college. What brings you home?”

Cordelia paused.

Mathilda sighed, “He’s forgotten some memories, can only recall things from twenty years ago.”

She turned to Lacy and introduced, “This is Cordelia, Lorna’s daughter.”

Lacy didn’t freak out, instead he chuckled, “What are you trying to pull, you old witch? How could Lorna have a grown daughter like this?”

He seemed tired and, after his remark, dozed off in the chair.

At lunchtime, Lorna and Mathilda were busy cooking in the kitchen while Cordelia, kicked out to help, regretted not bringing her study materials.

Cordelia wandered the living room, aimlessly browsing the bookshelf until she stumbled upon a yellowed stack of papers filled with mathematical theorems.

a voice interrupted, “Interested in that? Then it’s yours.”

up to see

had been engrossed for an hour and

her eyes, “…Thank you.”

the

eat, and by

Chapter 24

Cordelia felt a dull ache in her chest. Sitting up straight, she reflected on her

“Lia, what are you thinking about?”

honestly,

Lorna was speechless.

Lornia probed further, “What do you like about

looked at Lorna,

daughter’s emotional lag. Lorna ventured, “Is he handsome?”

beautiful face, often shrouded in shadows, and

at a loss for

smitten

Sanderson coughed, “Uh, Lia, do you have

must have swindled a fair amount from her

“Mhm, I have a hundred

“…Didn’t I only give you a

“Right.”

did you

“Um, three hundred.”

filled the car again. After a while, Lorna asked in astonishment, “You only give him

a pretty boy

returned home and Lorna was still reeling from the shock, wanting to delve

spent Sunday buried in her studies, and soon

sneered, “So that’s why you’ve been getting dropped off here every morning last week, Chasing after your toy boy!”

small store, Juliana’s sense of superiority had returned. With her chin up, she boasted, “You know, Hanley had his pick of university scholarships in

Lorna, Juliana had become more subtle in her comparisons

couldn’t care less and headed straight into

to meet hers as she entered, and he set aside his book