Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 99

Cordelia heard the news and looked up at the television.

Rachel, oblivious to the breaking story, continued to gossip with Lorna.

Lorna frowned, her voice tinged with annoyance, “Rachel, please don’t worry your head about this. Our family won’t be getting involved in an investment like that.”

Rachel rolled her eyes, sneering, “Come on, Rachel. I don’t buy that. With returns like that, you’re telling me you’re not even a little tempted?”

Before Lorna could retort, a sales associate approached a pair of stylish stilettos in hand, “Mrs. Delaney, your shoes are all wrapped up. Will that be credit or cash today?”

Rachel peeked at her bank balance to see a mere ten thousand left.

This morning, they had almost emptied their accounts to raise fifty million in cash to transfer to Kermit, who was supposed to invest it with Calvert.

The remaining ten thousand was meant for the car’s servicing, but now, Rachel couldn’t bear to lose face. before Lorna and Cordelia.

With a strained smile, she declared, “Credit, please.”

After all, in a fortnight, they would cash in on over twenty million in returns. Money troubles would be a thing of the past.

While Rachel went to pay. Lorna and Cordelia took a seat on a plush sofa to try on some shoes. Breaking the silence, Lórna sighed, ‘Lia, I’m completely useless, right?”

Cordelia looked at her, puzzled.

Lorna’s frown deepened, “All these years, I’ve hardly saved a penny.”

disappearance, Lorna felt like a zombie, barely managing to feed herself, let alone save money. Thankfully, Sanderson didn’t mind, but spending her own

confessed, “Lia, I’ve been painting, thinking of trying my luck at the local art fair. Though, I’m not sure if anything will sell.”

sell a painting for a few thousand, it could buy Cordelia a

A painting takes ages, and even if it sells, what, for a few hundred? That won’t even

suddenly grasped her wrist, silencing her with a

Cordelia’s gaze to

who turned to look just as the reporter said, “This is the work of at sophisticated fraud ring, led by Calvert, with accomplices at

first photo showed an average–looking man with those tiny eyes that gave a sense of

photo flashed on the screen, Rachel’s pupils shrank. It was

dawned slowly on Cordelia, “Doesn’t he look familiar? That’s Calvert, right?”

Calvert on the

Rachel’s grip loosened, and her shopping bags fell to

this can’t

Kermit, and

dreadful premonition washed over Rachel, and

her, “Are

straightened up, “I’m fine. It’s just fake news. Calvert can’t be a fraudster. It’s impossible.”

bags and hurried out, desperate to find Kermit

had left, Lorna turned to Cordelia. “What should

on the task at hand, they chose some gifts together. Afterward, Lorna phoned Sanderson, sharing the troubling news.

As she entered, she saw Steward, frantic and pale, descending the stairs. He immediately asked, “Did Kermit invest the

situation, Rachel felt her legs weaken, “I don’t know.”

“Find Kermit, now.”

buzzed with urgency, but Kermit was unreachable.

as he approached Steward