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.]

in the group chat shook in their virtual boots, silently observing. Just as they were fretting for Cordelia, a new

could respectfully see you as

breath, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire of a

surprisingly fine about it. After all, his young friend

new message lit up the chat. But upon reading it, his eyebrows

her? Since when did he get to make

a response when he suddenly paused.

Puchaga teacher–student

hesitated another message

to leam Would you

me

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

prate message from Mr A–Round with

as she saw it (Thank you

Aher sending her reply, she

message from Lamy popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first. Hold on for a

the morning while Juliana was still asleep, taking the subway and bus to

Juliana was a

for fifteen minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than

Cordelia decided to take a taxi, but as she was

seats,

the passenger seat. Lis,

sure looked dashing behind the

eager to get home and dive into

up. Here we got Yates exclaimed, flooring the

Spent

out the window just in time to see the passing car and its two

the redhead boy wildly grinned as he drove, catching the eyes of gris like friend who was practically glowing with excitement beside him.

his

pair of youngsters in the throes

Everard’s eyes darkened

usually took Larry half

it in

sped to the Delaney Manor