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.

was akin to taking his life!

expression turned grave. “Lia,

request.”

he’d grit his teeth and take on this,

had no choice there. Cordelia

the others, however, his words

directly ask to be

inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all

connections.

out.

the same time, Juliana also

the concerned party objecting?

member of the Delaney family, we stand by

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would

We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia? We

felt there was more to the story and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her as an

Stanton caught on

Cordelia and the Delaney family

“Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees, who

looked confidently

on to a sliver of hope despite

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 wasn’t

silence followed his

and blurted out, “Why not? You just said my performance

realized Cordelia wasn’t on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so

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!

Rosina. “As for you, calling what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult

two, 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 mature enough. I could teach you, but you’ll never reach a master’s level in your lifetime, so

Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But Juliana couldn’t accept

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

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

following words. “I’m not