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.

was akin to taking

his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave. “Lia, I

request.”

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

no choice there. Cordelia was his

his words

directly ask to be

might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite

connections.

blurted out. “No

Juliana also shouted,

from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party objecting? He looked at Juliana

“As a member of the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we

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how would that

right. We don’t 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 a noncommittal ‘well.”

Stanton caught on

between Cordelia and the Delaney

“Mr. Stanton, since Lia agrees,

confidently at

to a sliver

sighed, I was thinking of taking you on for Lia’s sake, but since you’re not interested, forget

silence followed his declaration!

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

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

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 to the instrument.

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

weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But

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

nonsense are you

respond, they heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m not worthy of it!”