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.]

silently observing. Just as they

Lia could respectfully see you as her teacher if

wanting to get caught in the crossfire of a battle

fine about it. After all, his young

five minutes when a new message lit up the chat. But upon reading it,

Louie trying to speak for her? Since when did he

to type a response when he suddenly paused.

zemrence Puchaga teacher–student

hesitated another message appeared

work to leam

me

in Everard dissipated instantly whh that message His stem face softened into a smile and

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

it up as she saw it (Thank you

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

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 off and

had left early in the morning while Juliana was still asleep, taking the subway and bus to school

Juliana was a

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

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

seats,

passenger seat.

dashing behind

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

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

Spent

the window just in time to see the passing

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

his

of youngsters

Everard’s eyes darkened

school to home usually took Larry half

it in

to the Delaney Manor without