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.

being able to play was akin to

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

request.”

grit his teeth

had no choice there. Cordelia was

others, however, his words meant something

directly ask to be

have inadvertently set Cordelia

connections.

blurted out. “No

time, Juliana also shouted, “Why

was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana perplexedly,

Delaney family, we

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connections, how would that

don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia?

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

Stanton caught

the

piecing it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees, who will you choose as your student7:

confidently at Stanton

also watched him, holding on to

Lia’s sake, but since you’re not interested, forget it. And as for the three of you, I wasn’t considering any of you.”

silence followed

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

with them, he stopped holding back.

you’ve got the technical skills, but I can’t hear any emotion in your

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

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

the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had

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

nonsense are you talking about?”

heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m not