Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 53

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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.

play was akin

his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave.

request.”

his teeth and take on this, no, not a mess. this student.

choice there. Cordelia was

words meant

ask to

might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite

connections.

out.

same time, Juliana also

the odd reaction from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party

family, we stand by merit. If we get this opportunity

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how would

“Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna?

and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as an outsider. She gave a noncommittal ‘well.”

Stanton caught

the Delaney family

piecing it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees, who will you

looked confidently

also watched him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite knowing the

was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re not interested, forget it. And as for the

followed

out, “Why not? You just said my performance was not bad!”

them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let

playing the piano, you might as well have been playing blind. 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

‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to

“It’s a shame. Beethoven went deaf 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

Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected

enough, then who is? After all this, you still want Cordelia as your student?”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

Juliana could respond, they heard Stanton’s following words.