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 their virtual boots, silently observing. Just as they were fretting

you dear. Perhaps Lia could respectfully

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

waiting for Cordelia’s reply. Everard was surprisingly fine about it. After all, his young friend was a bit slow to

waited about five minutes when a new message lit up the chat. But upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so slightly, and he

when did he get to make decisions

about to type a response

Puchaga

he hesitated another

leam Would you be my

me

had been building in Everard dissipated instantly whh that message His stem face softened

message from Mr A–Round with all the study

as she saw it

then, she had returned to the classroom Aher sending her reply, she slung

from Lamy popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first. Hold on for a bit drop her off and then come for

in the morning while Juliana was

Juliana was a

only five minutes.

she was about to hail one, a topless

seats,

pointed to the passenger seat. Lis, need

sure looked dashing behind the

to get home and

the accelerator as they zipped

Spent

the counter. Everard glanced out the window just in time to see the passing car and its

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

his

looked like a pair of youngsters in the throes of first

Everard’s eyes darkened

from school to home usually took Larry half

it in

to the Delaney Manor without slowing