Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

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The group was in a state of befuddlement when Cordelia nodded slowly. “Nope.”

Stanton’s jaw dropped.

It dawned on him with a start. No wonder Cordelia couldn’t articulate his problem that day, and she had to play it on the piano to show him. She hadn’t learned to play the piano at all. She didn’t know the first thing about musical terminology!

He swallowed hard “How how do you know how to play then?”

Cordelia replied peacefully. “Figured it out myself.

Stanton went silent.

He was a maestro of the piano, but even with his innate talent, he had diligently practiced for countless hours a day since childhood to reach his current stature.

Compared to Cordelia, well, there was just no comparison!

As Stanton was questioning his talent, their exchange caught the attention of the others.

Loma was the first to ask, ‘Lia, you play the piano?”

Before Cordelia could respond, Rachel zeroed in on a more pressing issue. “Lia, you and Maestro Stanton know each other?”

From their interaction, they seemed familiar with each other.

Cordelia nodded at Lorna and then turned to answer Rachel with a simple “Yeah.”

Rachel was frantic. “How did you two meet?”

Cordelia usually didn’t pay her much mind, but she seemed to relish seeing Rachel squirm and replied leisurely,

“Did him a little favor.”

At the mention of a “little favor,” Stanton hastily interjected, “Little favor? Lia, you saved my life!”

If he hadn’t resolved that issue with the composition, he might have faced a psychological breakdown, unable

to play again.

was akin to taking his

through his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I

request.”

if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no,

had no choice there. Cordelia was his

others, however, his words meant something entirely

ask to be Stanton’s student!

have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all her efforts and

connections.

out. “No

also shouted, “Why should she?”

was confused. Why was the

fists. “As a member of the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If

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connections, how would that look?”

right. We don’t exploit

was more to the story and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof

Stanton caught on

relationship between Cordelia and the Delaney

to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton,

looked confidently at

Collins and Joy also watched him, holding on to a sliver of hope

Stanton sighed, I was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re

silence followed his declaration!

it and blurted out, “Why not? You just

with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was

Grade ten is just the beginning! It means you’ve got the technical skills, but I can’t hear any emotion in your playing. In this case, you’re

turned to Rosina. “As for you, calling what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is

in his later years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of music isn’t mature enough. I could teach you, but you’ll never reach a master’s level in your lifetime, so I’d rather not waste my

verdict on the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection.

lip hard and finally burst out. “None of us are good enough,

nonsense are you

they heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m not worthy