Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 104

The room fell into a mix of expressions, each telling its own story.

Sanderson’s gaze on Laurinda was a mix of disbelief and tension. He had thought his request would be met with refusal, but she agreed without hesitation.

That was his mom. How ridiculous!

Lorna, seeing his distress, reached for Sanderson’s hand and found it ice cold, his fingers clenched tight. It was evident he was deeply upset.

Lorna never imagined Laurinda could be so heartless.

Laurinda, oblivious to the tension, pressed urgently, “Sanderson, your word’s your bond?”

Steward found himself speechless, unable to fathom Laurinda’s foolishness, his voice barely above a hoarse whisper, “Do you even understand what you’re agreeing to?”

“Of course,” Laurinda replied, her voice cool and detached, “We’ve severed our relationship, right? Fine by me. What good does keeping ties do me? Might as well make a clean break and get it over with.”

She shot Rachel a glare after her declaration. Kermit and Rachel had been sweet–talking her, tricking her into giving away two–thirds of her money. Now it was all gone.

She resented Kermit, but what could she do? Rachel had produced a son, the very future of the Delaney family.

Steward stared at her, lost for words. And Sanderson also remained silent.

As numbness spread through his body, a clear and cool voice pierced the haze, “We should get this notarized

first.

Sanderson looked up, his eyes meeting Cordelia’s serious gaze.

In that moment, warmth flooded his heart. He still had Cordelia and Lorna.

let’s draft a notary document.

too,”

agreement, “Sure thing.”

this through. What if

My word is my

money was gone for

had consulted experts, and these swindlers had been at this game for years, with elaborate schemes. Once the money hit their accounts, it was sliced and diced into hundreds and thousands of transactions, laundered through countless accounts, the majority withdrawn immediately. The longer the

week had passed, the funds likely bverseas. Getting even a few million back would be a

finished, he produced a statement as if by magic, scribbling his signature and passing it to Sanderson, “Sanderson, take a

a clear

wonder Laurinda

was enraged, realizing they had targeted Sanderson

put down his fork, appetite lost, feeling something heavy in

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terribly wrong. By always yielding, he had neglected the family matters, letting things

family was falling

deflated. Without a word, he ascended the

should head back. Once the notary.

the Delaney Manor, the drive home was silent. Sanderson sat in the passenger

hand

it’s not for lack of strength or poor strategy, but the

Silence fell again.

realized, a family, like a nation, needed governance. The Delaney family’s disintegration wasn’t his failure,

heart felt lighter. He glanced at Cordelia, unsure if her recitation was intentional or

Sanderson tallied their liquid assets, exactly thirty million.

a twinge of guilt, “How will we manage

had little hope the police would recover the funds, and without immediate control of the perpetrators, the money was easily moved. But spending thirty million to sever ties with the Delaney family seemed worth