Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 72

Merry bulged her eyes in disbelief, her heavily made–up face giving her an almost ghastly appearance.

The man standing before her towered at an impressive height, enveloped in a trench coat with a hat pulled down to shield most of his face. Yet, at that moment, he gazed at her with astonishment, his almond–shaped eyes wide with shock, even the tiny beauty mark under his eye seemed surprised, especially after her calling him “honey.”

Lia called him what? Honey?

Damn it! Bland thought he was a goner.

Anyone could see that the boss of “Pioneers Group” was flirting with Lia, but she had a thing for him.

This was a disaster! He might as well drop dead on the spot!

His words came out stuttering, “Lia?”

It was only when the man spoke that Merry realized what was happening. She clasped a hand over her mouth to stifle a scream.

Oh my God! It was really him, her idol, alive and in the flesh!

She wanted to reach out and touch him but didn’t dare, instead hopping around excitedly on the spot. Her usual gift of gab deserted her. Merry couldn’t utter a single coherent sentence.

They just stood there, staring at each other, neither knowing what to say until the sound of footsteps. approached. Yates and the rest of the Flames rushed over.

Hearing the footsteps, Bland realized others had arrived.

He turned to see a demure girl standing in the doorway, in a preppy school uniform with a ponytail, her dewy eyes fixed on him, her delicate features outshining any movie star’s.

Yates stood silently by her side, while Flame No. 1 stared at Bland, unable to see his face clearly due to the distance and the hat from his trench coat. He blurted out, “Boss Cordelia, is this the jerk who’s been messing with you? Guys, let’s give him a lesson!”

were

Cordelia was at the

door, then who was this

but then noticed him wrinkling his nose in distaste and retreating.

dramatic makeup since she didn’t care about the opinions of

stepped back.

flash went off in the distance. A reporter was

a sly grin as he said,

in person, his voice carried none of that cutesiness without any

scandalous photos. Now that he was exposed, the best course of action was

hat down further, Bland concealed most of his face. With a final glance at Merry and

the members of Flame Union. They exchanged looks until Flame No

laughter, mimicking

Merry was dumbfounded

just called her idol? She was mortified!

deflated Merry lamented to Cordelia, “I didn’t remove my makeup before he saw me! My idol must think

Cordelia was speechless.

this afternoon. Maybe I should bail? I can’t face him now, she whined, then remembered the pencil case that had hit her idol. “I should…

herself for Merry to either toss or smash the pencil case in frustration, but Merry declared, “I’m going to cherish it forever. This isn’t just any pencil case. It’s

twisted logic of

and was too nervous to go alone. She dragged

extras and skipped the next class. Cordelia, having nothing

remover, she scrubbed

features, both classical yet sharp, her sharp eyes giving her a striking presence. She peered into the mirror at the unfamiliar

outside the restroom, Cordelia ran into Latham who was about to head downstairs. At the sight of Cordelia, he paused, always feeling a pang of pity for this student. Not wanting her to feel bad, he explained, “Cordelia, about