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

Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I

request.”

grit his teeth and take on this,

had no choice there. Cordelia

others, however, his words meant something

directly ask to be Stanton’s

might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite

connections.

out.

Juliana also shouted, “Why should she?”

was the concerned

the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we get this

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

caught on

and the

to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees,

looked confidently at Stanton

holding on to a

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

silence followed

not? You just said my

back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me

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

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

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

Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection.

us are good enough, then who is? After all this, you

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

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