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.

able to play was

expression turned grave. “Lia, I

request.”

frankly subpar, but if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a mess. this student.

there. Cordelia was his

words

to be

set Cordelia up for

connections.

blurted out. “No way!”

time, Juliana also shouted, “Why should

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

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

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how would that look?”

right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia?

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

caught on

Cordelia and the Delaney family

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

confidently at

on to a sliver

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

silence followed his

it and blurted out, “Why not?

on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give

to Juliana. “All these years 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 this case, you’re not even playing at a beginner’s level! Without

you, calling what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to the instrument. You’re not playing the piano,

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

weren’t

of us are good enough, then who is? After all

“What nonsense are you talking

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