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

Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia,

request.”

his teeth and take on this, no,

there. Cordelia was

however, his words meant something

directly ask to

panicked, realizing she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success

connections.

blurted out. “No

same time, Juliana also shouted, “Why should she?”

the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at

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

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agreement. “Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia? We can’t do

to the story and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as an outsider. She gave a

Stanton caught on

Cordelia and the Delaney

he was piecing it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia

confidently at

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

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

followed

not? You just said my performance was not

Stanton realized Cordelia wasn’t on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before,

got the technical skills, but I can’t hear any emotion

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

his gaze softened with pity as he looked at Joy. “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

given his verdict on the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They

hard and finally burst out. “None of us are good enough, then who is? After

was stunned. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

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