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.

being able to play was akin to

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

request.”

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

no choice there. Cordelia was his boss!

others, however, his words meant something entirely

could directly ask to be Stanton’s

she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all

connections.

blurted out. “No way!”

time, Juliana also shouted,

the

family,

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how would that

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

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

caught

the Delaney family

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

looked confidently at

and Joy also watched him, holding on to a sliver of

I was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re

followed

out, “Why not? You just said my performance was not

back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

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

what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is

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 I’d rather not waste my

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

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

nonsense are you talking

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