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

expression turned grave. “Lia, I would grant

request.”

grit his

no choice there. Cordelia was his boss!

others, however, his words

could directly ask to be Stanton’s

have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all

connections.

out.

Juliana also shouted,

was the concerned party

Delaney family,

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how would

We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia? We

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

Stanton caught

between Cordelia and the Delaney family

turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees, who will you

looked confidently at Stanton

him, holding on to a sliver of

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

followed

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

with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

“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 not even playing

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

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

verdict on the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But Juliana

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

stunned. “What nonsense are

respond, they heard Stanton’s following words.