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.

was akin to

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

request.”

was frankly subpar, but if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a

there. Cordelia was

others, however, his words meant something entirely

directly ask to

have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all

connections.

blurted out. “No

same time, Juliana also shouted, “Why should she?”

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

of the Delaney family, we

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connections, how would that

agreement. “Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna?

and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as

caught on

relationship between Cordelia and the Delaney family seemed

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

confidently

also watched him, holding on to

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

silence followed his

blurted out, “Why not? You just said

wasn’t on good terms with them, he stopped holding 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

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

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.”

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

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

“What nonsense are you

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