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.

stumbled upon a yellowed stack of papers filled with mathematical theorems. Fascinated, she began to

in

to see Sanderson and Lacy returning.

she had been engrossed for

up her eyes, “…Thank you.”

famished, headed for the dining table, “I’m

all sat down to eat, and by three o’clock were

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

what

answering honestly,

Lorna was speechless.

Lornia probed further, “What do you like about him?”

then looked at Lorna, confused.

her daughter’s emotional lag. Lorna ventured, “Is

face, often shrouded in

a loss for

just smitten with his looks?

Sanderson coughed, “Uh, Lia, do you have

Cordelia’s boyfriend must have swindled a fair amount from her

Cordelia nodded, “Mhm, I have a hundred thousand

“…Didn’t I only give you a hundred thousand?”

“Right.”

you

“Um, three hundred.”

in astonishment, “You only

maintaining a pretty boy on such a

Lorna was still reeling from the shock, wanting to delve deeper. Cordelia had already retreated to her room, diving

spent Sunday buried in her studies,

car pulled up in front of Midnight Scent, Juliana glanced outside and sneered, “So that’s why

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

Lorna, Juliana had become more subtle in her

couldn’t care less and headed straight into

as she entered,