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 big shots in the group chat shook in their virtual boots, silently observing. Just as they were fretting for

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

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

Everard was surprisingly fine about it. After all, his young friend was a bit slow to warm up.

message lit up the chat. But upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so slightly, and he

trying to speak for her? Since when did

about to type a response when he suddenly paused.

Puchaga teacher–student romano

hesitated another

to leam Would

me

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

that Condela receveda prate message from Mr A–Round with all the study

she saw it (Thank you

she had returned to the classroom Aher sending her reply,

insisted I take her home first. Hold on for a

while Juliana was still asleep, taking the

Juliana was a

minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than usual

to wait for Larry Cordelia decided to take a taxi, but as she was about

seats,

the passenger seat. Lis, need a lift?”

sure looked dashing behind

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

Yates exclaimed, flooring the accelerator as they

Spent

Everard glanced out the window just in time to see

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

his

youngsters in the throes of first

Everard’s eyes darkened

drive from school to home usually took Larry

did it in

Delaney Manor