Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 82

When the assistant director called cut, Cordelia’s fingers froze mid–melody, and the music stopped abruptly.

In the extras‘ seating area, Hayley was utterly perplexed by Cordelia’s sudden halt, but considering the distance and the piano’s orientation away from her, she hadn’t seen Cordelia’s hand movements. Unable to contain herself, Hayley snickered, “That’s hilarious. Are they even dubbing piano music now? Does that mean Cordelia hasn’t touched a key? How are they going to shoot the close–ups?”

The others around her couldn’t help but chuckle, too. It wasn’t out of malice. They just found the situation amusing.

Hayley continued to poke fun. “Juliana, doesn’t your family have a piano? Has she never pretended to play? It is like some funny pantomime act, right? Hilarious!”

Juliana turned even paler, her mouth agape with no words coming out. She just wanted to escape this place before she became the butt of everyone’s jokes.

Finding Hayley’s comments distasteful, Merry retorted with a pout. “So, what if Lia doesn’t play piano? No one can be perfect, right? She’s got to leave some room for the rest of us, don’t we?”

Hanley frowned and turned to Hayley, exhaling deeply. “We’re classmates here. We should help each other out. Why do you have to be so prickly all the time?”

Hayley wanted to argue, but looking at Hanley’s face, she was at a loss for words.

After a moment, Hanley turned to Juliana., “Why don’t you go up and give her a few pointers to make it look good? It should be simple enough.”

Juliana’s lips quivered, and she finally uttered, “She can play the piano.”

Unfortunately, her voice was so soft that neither Hanley nor Hayley could hear her. “What was that?” they asked.

Embarrassment and anger flushed Juliana’s cheeks. But before she could speak again, a crew member called out loudly, ‘Director, the music isn’t playing!”

Everyone was stunned. No music?

The assistant director was baffled. “No music? Then what was that just now…”

Mid–sentence, realization struck him, and he turned to Cordelia in disbelief. “God, you can play the piano?” The class looked at her incredulously, including the shocked Hayley and the bewildered Hanley.

speak, a crew member’s voice

Joy, stood timidly at

as it made her feel out of place. She preferred the quiet sanctuary of her home. But with its

inquired, “Assistant director, who needs

pointing to Cordelia before realizing, maybe, just maybe, they

at the figure behind the piano, and her eyes lit up. She started to

sign language, the translator translated after a moment’s confusion, “Lia, it’s you? But why would you need piano guidance? Mr. Stanton wouldn’t dare to teach you, so what right do I

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he composed a new piece and would like you to review it when you’re free.”

the room fell into silence,

translator made a mistake?

renowned Stanton, Joy’s teacher, need plano guidance from Cordelia?

Hayley couldn’t help but exclaim, “There must be some mistake in the

“I’m professional, and I’ve been serving Miss Joy for years. How could I make any mistakes? As the student

when Stanton was choosing a student, Juliana stepped aside

When Mr. Stanton visited the Delaney family to select a student, there were four candidates. Miss Cordelia’s piano skills were so advanced that Mr. Stanton didn’t dare take her as a student. As for Miss Juliana and another girl, Mr. Stanton has dismissed them, and it was only on

classroom fell silent.

a moment, Merry exclaimed in awe. “Damn, Lia! You don’t leave

What?

to Juliana. “You didn’t tell

Finally, in a flushed state, she stammered, “1…

to continue, her eyes welled up with tears as she stood up and ran out of the room.

watched her leave, speechless. He had thought Juliana was at least better at piano

now…

that making Juliana his

monitoring the Greenmeadow International School forum. Sure enough, he stumbled upon an

showed the post to Everard, silently marveling at

her expelled from the

exchange with Cordelia,