Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 53

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

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

request.”

grit his teeth

choice there.

however, his words meant

could directly ask to

panicked, realizing she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for

connections.

blurted out.

the same time, Juliana also

was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana perplexedly, “You

“As a member of the Delaney family, we stand

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would

in agreement. “Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit

was more to the story and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached

caught on

relationship between Cordelia and the

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

confidently

to a sliver

their collective gaze, Stanton sighed, I was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re not interested, forget it. And as for the three of you, I

silence followed his

“Why not? You just said my performance

on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before,

you’ve got the technical skills,

do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to the instrument. You’re not playing the

you, at ten. Your grasp

Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection.

out. “None of us are good enough, then who is? After all this, you

nonsense

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

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