Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 45

Seeing Cordelia’s bewildered expression, Merry didn’t hesitate. She whipped out her smartphone, opened her browser, and scrolled through nphotos until she found one of her heartthrob on the cover of a famous men’s magazine.

There he was, draped casually in a white toga that looked ready to slip off his shoulders at any moment, a hint of mischief in his eye. A beauty spot shaped like a teardrop just below his eye added to his enigmatic allure. His gaze was intense, staring off into the distance, and his lips curved in a half–smile that seemed to reach through the screen and beckon the viewer closer.

“Hot, right? Tell me you wouldn’t want a piece of that!” Merry gushed, practically swooning over the image.

Cordelia just stared at it.

The man was undeniably handsome but in a completely different way from Everard, who had this dangerous, edgy vibe…Why was she even thinking about Everard?

Shaking her head to clear the thought, Cordelia was about to return to her studies when she overheard conversation nearby.

“Merry, I heard you moved out from your folks‘ place. You’re not staying on campus, so where are you crashing now?”

Merry rolled her eyes. “I got an apartment.”

“Wow, you got cash? Didn’t your family cut you off?” the person asked, surprised.

Merry snorted. “Do you think I lived for eighteen years without saving a dime?”

The other person just uttered an “Oh” and fell silent.

But Cordelia remembered Paulina had offered Merry a bank card after the incident with the stolen class funds, which Merry had declined. Not wanting to pry into her friend’s personal life, Cordelia hadn’t asked any further questions. But Merry might be having money troubles.

Casually, Cordelia tapped Merry on the shoulder. “You short on cash? I can lend you some.”

Merry glanced around and leaned closer, whispering, “Lia, I’m making my own money now. Don’t worry about it.” Did she say she was making money?

Cordelia blinked in confusion. “What?”

Lowering her voice, Merry confessed, “I’ve started streaming online for cash,”

After a pause, she added with anxiety, “Lia, you won’t think less of me, will you?”

Once the darling heiress of the Jordan family, she was a streamer then.

shook her head slowly.

breathed a sigh

Cordelia, with Hanley and Juliana, stood up,

trio had stopped

her mornings on physics and afternoons on math. But today, driven by a need to validate some hypothesis, she headed

a relieved sigh. “Is she going all–in on math now? Has

be around the 18th or 19th, with the physics competition hot on its

move on her part, if she has.”

he wasn’t one to hold grudges. He

by Cordelia’s desk, he saw that it was devoid of any math problems.

an eyebrow in confusion

morning, he watched as Cordelia wrote and sketched, occasionally crumpling draft papers and

dashed to the school library to borrow a book titled Batra’s Life, which Hanley recognized as a famous mathematical challenge, but what did it have to

just the morning. Throughout the afternoon, Cordelia continued with her mysterious project, which

up to, he was shocked. “Cordelia, are trying to prove Batra’s

She nodded.

you

have been tackling that for over a hundred years without success. Many have failed at the final hurdle. It’s not something you should be wasting your time on. If you’re interested, you should wait until you’re in college and have access to higher–level math

had self–studied the

determined to solve it. “Mr. Latham, I just want to give

the prodigy. “Just make sure you get your

problem,” Cordelia assured

hold back any longer. “Cordelia,”

She didn’t respond.

make your win entirely legitimate. There are countless math prodigies out there. Take Jake from Greenmeadow High. Last year, he won first prize at the National League and almost got himself to the winter camp. He’s one of the favorites to win this year! Do you have any respect for the

a breakthrough, Cordelia was increasingly irritated by the interruption.

snap back, her misty, cold

froze, his mouth clamping shut

face flushed with irritation. He had offered a friendly warning, but she treated his goodwill as worthless.

harsh reality teach her a lesson!

same problem until six in the

would be nearly complete if she