Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 26

As the eyes of the dinner table settled on him, Steward drawled out a name, “Calvert Wallace.”

Cordelia, seeing that Steward had nothing more to add, picked up her fork and resumed her meal.

Sanderson frowned, “Never heard of any big shot in the Wallace family. Who is this guy?”

Steward shook his head, replying, “Just be wary if you run into someone with that name. They say he’s lurking around somewhere, unknown why he’s come to Greenmeadow. Just don’t cross him!”

Sanderson, who was always thinking a step ahead, asked, “Doesn’t Hackett have any plans?”

Steward cleared his throat, “In a while, Hackett’s throwing his sixty–ninth birthday bash, and Calvert will be invited. So you all might want to start looking for your party outfits.”

That last bit was aimed at Lorna, who nodded eagerly.

After dinner, Cordelia went upstairs to tackle her mountain of practice tests. At ten sharp, a knock came at her door, and after granting permission, Lorna entered with a glass of warm milk and honey.

She set the glass down beside Cordelia, glancing at the pile of papers and couldn’t help but say, “Lia, you’re pushing too hard. You’ve got to rest.”

“Okay,” Cordelia replied without looking up.

Lorna sighed and pushed the glass into Cordelia’s hands, “You’re taking a break now.”

Cordelia sighed, a bit helplessly facing Lorna’s insistence, and quickly drank the milk. Just as she was about to dive back into her math problems, Lorna intervened, “Lia, do something else for a bit. Take a ten–minute break.” Cordelia looked blank, “Like what?”

Lorna, equally puzzled, suggested, “Don’t you ever chat with your boyfriend?”

Cordelia was curt, ‘No need.”

Lorna persisted, “And you didn’t go out over the weekend. Why not catch a movie together?”

Lorna was weary. Most parents worried about their kids dating too early and neglecting their studies, but here she was, nudging her daughter towards romance.

“Movies are a waste of time. They distract

Lorna was dumbfounded.

I get back to my practice tests now?”

glass, “Fine, but make sure

letting her sleep in a bit longer

top score and you think you’re some kind of genius? Math Club and now Physics Club? Spreading

ignored her, stepping straight into

store and clicked her tongue, but knowing Cordelia wouldn’t respond, she kept quiet.

out

her phone chimed with a text. Unbothered, Cordelia kept eating her bagel,

the message.

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way, swallowed his mouthful and said, “Girl, you’ve got

eat without uttering

back, cast a glance towards her schoolbag. “Aren’t you going to check it?”

her hand, then picked up her schoolbag, took out her mobile phone

as the sole entry in

after seeing the message with a faint but quickly disappearing smile. His eyes

still captured the text with good eyesight.

“Download WhatsApp and add my contact.”

immediately register with her phone

of typing a response, but

His fir

and he said smoothly, “My dear girlfriend, you can talk now.”

before replying, “Louie,

button, sending the voice message.

his bagel lodged in his

had him floored.

breakfast and grabbed Everard’s hand with an air of finality. The usually domineering Everard

adoration.