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 to taking his

these thoughts rushed through his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I would grant you

request.”

Lia asked, he’d grit his

there.

words meant something entirely different.

could directly ask to be Stanton’s

might have inadvertently set Cordelia up

connections.

blurted out. “No way!”

Juliana also shouted,

was the concerned party

of the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we

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how would

in agreement. “Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit favors

to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as

caught on

relationship between Cordelia and the Delaney

was piecing it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees, who will you choose as your student7:

looked confidently at

Joy also watched him, holding on to a sliver

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

followed

and blurted out, “Why not? You just said my performance

with them, he stopped holding back.

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

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

at ten. Your grasp of music isn’t mature enough. I could teach you,

and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But Juliana couldn’t

out. “None of us are good enough, then who is? After all this, you still want Cordelia as

nonsense are you talking about?”

they heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m