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 akin to taking his life!

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

request.”

he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a mess. this

choice there. Cordelia was his

his words meant something entirely different.

could directly ask to be

she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all her efforts

connections.

out. “No

same time, Juliana also shouted, “Why should

reaction from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana perplexedly, “You don’t want to?”

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connections, how would that look?”

exploit favors Right, Lorna?

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

caught on

between Cordelia and the Delaney family

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

looked confidently at

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

their collective gaze, Stanton sighed, I was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re not interested, forget it.

followed his declaration!

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

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

pointed 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

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

assessing the two, 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 master’s level in your lifetime, so I’d rather not waste my time.”

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

bit her lip hard and finally burst out. “None of us are good enough, then who is? After all this, you still want

was stunned. “What nonsense are

heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m