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 as

could

reading this message, the chat went silent. Everyone was holding his breath, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire of a battle

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

upon reading

her? Since when did he get to make decisions for

a response when he suddenly paused.

Puchaga teacher–student

another message appeared

work to leam Would you be my

me

dissipated instantly whh that message His stem face softened into a smile and long fingers tapped out a response

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

it up as she saw it (Thank you Sir

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

message from Lamy popped up Miss Cordelia, Miss Julians insisted I take her home first.

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

Juliana was a

deliberately dawdling for fifteen minutes. Cordelia was only five minutes. laner than usual and

decided to take a taxi, but as she was about to hail one, a topless blue sports car skidded to a stop before her

seats,

passenger seat. Lis, need a

sure looked 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 counter. Everard glanced out the window just in time to see the passing

he drove, catching the eyes of gris like friend who was practically glowing with

his

looked like a pair of youngsters in the throes of first

Everard’s eyes darkened

home usually took Larry half an hour.

did it in fifteen.

Delaney Manor