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

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

request.”

if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no,

no choice there. Cordelia was his

however, his words meant

ask to be Stanton’s student!

inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all her efforts

connections.

blurted out.

same time, Juliana also shouted,

Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana perplexedly, “You don’t

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

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connections, how would that

agreement. “Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia?

turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and

caught

the Delaney family seemed strained

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

confidently at Stanton

him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite

you’re not interested, forget it. And as for the three of you, I wasn’t considering any

silence followed

“Why not? You just said my

on good terms with them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

pointed to Juliana. “All these years playing the piano, you might as well have been 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 hard on

what you do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to

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

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

burst out. “None of us are good enough, then who is?

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

following words. “I’m