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.]

chat shook in their virtual boots, silently observing. Just as they were

She dare not call you dear. Perhaps Lia could

breath, not wanting to

After

upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so

trying to speak for her? Since when did he get to make decisions for

about to type a response when he suddenly paused.

zemrence Puchaga teacher–student romano

another message

work to leam Would you be my

me

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

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

it up as she saw it (Thank you Sir

returned to the classroom Aher sending her reply, she slung

popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first. Hold on

the message. She had left early in the morning while Juliana was still asleep, taking the subway and bus

Juliana was a

sometimes deliberately dawdling for fifteen minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes.

but as she was about to hail one, a

seats,

passenger seat. Lis, need a

looked dashing behind

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

we got Yates exclaimed, flooring the accelerator as they zipped away from the Midnight

Spent

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

spint of their age, the redhead boy wildly grinned as he drove, catching the eyes of gris like friend who was practically glowing

his

youngsters in the throes

Everard’s eyes darkened

usually took Larry half an hour.

it in fifteen.

to the Delaney Manor