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.

to play was akin

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

request.”

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

choice there. Cordelia was

the others, however, his words meant something

ask to

set Cordelia up for

connections.

out. “No

the same time, Juliana also shouted, “Why should

Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party

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

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connections, how would that look?”

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

quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as an outsider. She gave a noncommittal ‘well.”

caught on

between Cordelia and the Delaney family

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

confidently

him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite

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

silence followed

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

stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before,

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 musical talent, you’re only making it hard

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

went deaf in his later years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of music isn’t

given his verdict on the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But Juliana couldn’t accept it.

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

nonsense are you

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