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

through his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia,

request.”

grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a mess.

no choice there. Cordelia was his boss!

his words

could directly ask to be Stanton’s student!

she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all her efforts and

connections.

blurted out. “No way!”

Juliana also shouted, “Why

reaction from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana perplexedly,

Delaney family, we stand by merit. If

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connections, how would that

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

and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as an outsider. She gave a

caught on

the Delaney family seemed

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

confidently at Stanton

him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite

sake, but since you’re not interested, forget it. And

silence followed his

out, “Why not?

Stanton realized Cordelia wasn’t on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

been playing blind. Grade ten is just the beginning! It means you’ve got the technical skills, but

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

Joy. “It’s a shame. Beethoven went deaf in his later years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of

three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They

“None of us are good enough, then who is? After all

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

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