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.

play was akin to

Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I would grant you

request.”

was frankly subpar, but if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and

choice there. Cordelia was his boss!

words meant something entirely

to be Stanton’s

have inadvertently set Cordelia up

connections.

blurted out. “No

Juliana also shouted, “Why

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

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

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would that

don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia? We can’t do that”

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

Stanton caught on

the Delaney family seemed

it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since

confidently at

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

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

followed his declaration!

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

holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

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

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

years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of

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

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

nonsense are you talking about?”

heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m not worthy