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.]

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

could respectfully see you

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

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

upon reading it, his eyebrows lifted ever so slightly, and he let out

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

was about to type a response when

Puchaga teacher–student romano

hesitated another message appeared

leam Would you be my teacher

me

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

Mr A–Round

up as she saw it (Thank you

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

up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first. Hold on for a bit drop her off and then come

at the message. She had left early in the morning while Juliana

Juliana was a

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

she was about to hail one, a topless blue sports car skidded

seats,

passenger seat.

dashing behind the

eager to get home and dive into

Yates exclaimed, flooring the accelerator as

Spent

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

his

pair of youngsters in the throes

Everard’s eyes darkened

usually took Larry half

did it in fifteen.

the Delaney Manor