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.

to play was akin to taking

his head, Stanton’s expression

request.”

asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a mess. this

there.

his words meant something entirely different.

ask to be Stanton’s

Cordelia up

connections.

out. “No way!”

same time, Juliana also shouted,

was the concerned party objecting? He

family, we stand by merit. If we get

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how would

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

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

caught on

Cordelia and the Delaney

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

confidently at

Joy also watched him, holding on to a sliver of hope despite knowing the

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 wasn’t considering any of you.”

followed his

it and blurted out, “Why not? You just

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

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

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

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

given his verdict on the three, Rosina and Joy weren’t surprised. They had expected rejection. But Juliana couldn’t accept it.

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

nonsense are you

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