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.]

shots in the group chat shook in their virtual boots, silently observing. Just

dear. Perhaps Lia could respectfully

chat went silent. Everyone was holding his breath, not wanting to

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

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

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

about to type a response when he suddenly

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hesitated another

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me

stem face softened into a smile and long

Mr A–Round

she saw it (Thank you

classroom Aher sending her

door a message from Lamy popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her

the morning while

Juliana was a

minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than usual and Juliane

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

seats,

seat. Lis,

sure looked dashing

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

flooring the accelerator as

Spent

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

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

his

youngsters in the throes of first

Everard’s eyes darkened

from school to home usually took

did it in

to the Delaney Manor without slowing