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, a new message

Perhaps Lia could respectfully see you as her teacher if you

silent. Everyone was holding his breath, not wanting to get caught in the

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

the chat. But upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so slightly, and he let out a sarcastic

Louie trying to speak for her? Since when did

to type a response when he

Puchaga

he hesitated another message appeared

asked hould that work to leam Would

me

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

message from Mr A–Round with all the study materials

she saw it (Thank you

to the classroom Aher sending her reply, she slung her backpack over

as she reached the door a message from Lamy popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first. Hold on for a bit drop her

morning while Juliana was still

Juliana was a

sometimes deliberately dawdling for fifteen minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than usual and Juliane had already

to take a taxi, but as she was about to hail one,

seats,

passenger seat. Lis, need a

looked dashing behind

second thought. Cordelia hopped in, eager to get home and

flooring the accelerator as they zipped away

Spent

time

grinned as he drove, catching the eyes of gris like friend who

his

of youngsters

Everard’s eyes darkened

school to home usually took Larry half

it in

to the Delaney Manor