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.]

the group chat shook in their virtual boots, silently observing. Just as

the silence. She dare not call you dear. Perhaps Lia could

reading this message, the chat went silent. Everyone was holding his breath, not wanting to get caught in the

reply. Everard was surprisingly fine about it. After all,

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

to speak for her? Since when did

type a response

Puchaga teacher–student romano

he hesitated another message

leam Would you be my teacher

me

whh that message His stem face softened into a smile and long

from Mr A–Round with all the study

up as she saw it (Thank you

classroom Aher sending her reply, she slung her backpack over her

I take her home first. Hold on for a bit drop her off and then come for

early in the morning while Juliana was still asleep, taking

Juliana was a

deliberately dawdling for fifteen minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than usual and Juliane had already left.

wait for Larry Cordelia decided to take a taxi, but as she was about to hail one, a topless blue sports car skidded to a stop before

seats,

passenger seat.

sure looked dashing behind the

a second thought. Cordelia hopped in, eager to get home and dive

got Yates exclaimed, flooring the accelerator as they zipped

Spent

just in time to

of their age, the redhead boy wildly grinned as he drove, catching the eyes of

his

pair of youngsters

Everard’s eyes darkened

school to home usually took Larry half an

it in

the Delaney