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.

able to play was akin to

through his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I would grant you any

request.”

his teeth and take on this, no, not a

choice there.

his words meant something entirely

could directly ask to be Stanton’s student!

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

connections.

out.

time, Juliana also

Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at

Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we get this opportunity

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how would that look?”

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

caught on

the Delaney

Stanton, since Lia agrees, who will you choose as

looked confidently

on to a sliver of hope

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

silence followed his

“Why not? You just

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beginning! It means you’ve got the technical skills, but I can’t hear any emotion in your playing. In this case, you’re

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

Beethoven went deaf in his later years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of music isn’t mature enough. I could teach you,

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

“None of us are good enough, then who

stunned. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

could respond, they heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m