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 taking

rushed through his head, Stanton’s expression

request.”

frankly subpar, but if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on

choice there. Cordelia

words meant

to be Stanton’s

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

connections.

out. “No way!”

Juliana also shouted, “Why

reaction from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the

the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we get

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how would that

“Juliana’s right. We don’t exploit

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

caught

and the

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

confidently at

on to a sliver of hope

since you’re not interested, forget

silence followed his

couldn’t believe it and blurted out, “Why not? You just said my performance was

back. 7 was too subtle before, so let me give you some

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

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

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

and Joy weren’t surprised.

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

was stunned. “What nonsense

heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m