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 to

expression turned grave. “Lia, I

request.”

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

choice there. Cordelia was his

the others, however, his words meant

to be

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

connections.

out.

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

from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting?

“As a member of the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we get this opportunity

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how would that

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

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

Stanton caught

relationship between Cordelia and the Delaney family seemed strained

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

looked confidently at Stanton

him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite knowing the

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

silence followed his declaration!

out, “Why not? You just said

Stanton realized Cordelia wasn’t on good terms with them, he stopped holding back.

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 at a beginner’s level! Without musical talent, you’re only making it

he turned to Rosina. “As for you, calling what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to the instrument. You’re not playing the piano, and you’re just hitting keys!”

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 I’d

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

are good enough, then who is? After all this, you still want Cordelia

stunned. “What nonsense

following words. “I’m not worthy of it!”