Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 46

Cordelia froze, her eyes locked on the text message that had just lit up her phone screen.

Had she read that right?

While she lost herself in the bewilderment, a voice snapped her out. “Cordelia, you leaving? They’re about to lock up the auditorium.”

She stood up, looking a bit confused. “Yeah, I’m leaving.”

Clutching her textbooks, she slipped her phone into her pocket and exited the classroom.

Inside the Midnight Scent, Everard fixed his eyes on his phone, fixated on the last message he’d sent. [Call me dear, and it’s yours to borrow.]

He still remembered the introduction when Cordelia joined the group chat. Stanton had called her Louie’s dear good friend.

There he was, lowering his guard, sweet–talking and cooing, and he hadn’t even managed to get her to add him on social media, and Louie just swooped in as ‘dear friend“?

How could a girl so casually call someone ‘dear“?

His finger tapped lightly on the table as he imagined her calling him dear in that soft, sweet voice. But why hadn’t she replied to his message yet?

Meanwhile, the group chat “Who exactly is this girl?” was blowing up.

Bland started. [Damn! What’s going on in here? Is Mr. Watkins flirting?]

Stanton typed. [Lia’s got guts, still no reply. Is she rejecting him? We’re witnessing a flirtation fail and might be doomed!]

The rest of the chat expressed their nervousness with shivering emojis.

Frankie added, [He’s been talking a lot lately, which is abnormal. Should someone warn the girl not to tick him off? I’m worried she might vanish from the chat by tomorrow!]

Stanton replied, I don’t dare.]

Bland echoed [Same here]

The rest texted. (Even less.]

boots, silently

not call you dear. Perhaps Lia could

not wanting to get caught in the crossfire of a battle

Everard was surprisingly fine about it. After all, his young friend was

lit up the chat. But upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so

when

to type a response when he

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hesitated another message appeared

to leam Would you be my teacher

me

building in Everard dissipated instantly whh that message His stem face softened into a smile and long fingers tapped out a response

receveda prate message from Mr A–Round with all the study materials requested

as she saw it

returned to the classroom Aher sending her reply, she slung her backpack over her

Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her

the message. She had left early in the morning while Juliana was still

Juliana was a

only five minutes. laner than

taxi, but as she was about to hail one, a topless blue sports car skidded to a

seats,

pointed to the passenger seat.

looked dashing behind

in, eager to get home and dive into the materials to solve the mistery nagging

got Yates exclaimed, flooring the accelerator as they zipped away

Spent

glanced out the window just in time to see the passing car and

wildly grinned as he drove, catching the

his

pair of youngsters in

Everard’s eyes darkened

school to home usually took Larry half an hour.

did it in

the Delaney Manor without