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 fretting for Cordelia,

not call you dear. Perhaps Lia could respectfully see you as

wanting to get caught in the crossfire

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

upon

when did he get to

type a

Puchaga teacher–student romano

he hesitated another message appeared

hould that work to leam Would you be my

me

dissipated instantly whh that message His stem face softened into

Condela receveda prate message from Mr A–Round

up as she saw it (Thank you

to the classroom Aher sending her

insisted I take her home first.

morning while Juliana

Juliana was a

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

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

seats,

to the passenger seat. Lis, need a

dashing behind the wheel

home and dive into the materials to solve the mistery nagging

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

Spent

the window just in time to see the passing car

drove, catching the eyes of gris like

his

of youngsters

Everard’s eyes darkened

from school to home usually took Larry half an hour.

it in

Delaney Manor