Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 114

Yates glanced instinctively toward the stairwell.

Hackett, bursting with vitality and dressed in a sharp tweed jacket, was descending the stairs with a spring in his step, accompanied by a young man sporting an infectious grin framed by dimples that deepened with his laughter. It had to be Calvert.

But why was Calvert wearing a sleek black suit?

Stunned, Yates turned slowly to Everard, hardly believing his eyes. Up close, the label on the clothing was unmistakable.

The cut, the quality…

Yates was dumbfounded, blurting out incredulously, “That suit is not a knock–off, is it?”

A knock–off?

Just from those two words, Everard understood why they had insisted he change clothes. They thought he was wearing a counterfeit?

A chill crept into his sharp gaze, a frosty distance that was worlds apart from his demeanor around Cordelia. His voice was tinged with a cold, cutting edge, “So, are we still swapping clothes?”

Yates wanted to slap himself. Swap clothes? Not a chance.

He tossed the clothes in his hands into the dressing room, only then realizing something amiss, “Hold on, how can you afford the real deal?”

“Midnight Scent must be raking in the cash,” he thought.

Too late, Everard at the door was already gone. Yates hurried forward, just in time to see Everard blend into the crowd and disappear.

As Calvert and Hackett made their way downstairs, Calvert had hoped to surprise Cordelia, who he knew would be in the hall. But before he could find her, he was waylaid, “Mr. Wallace, good to meet you. I’m Kermit.”

Kermit? Calvert paused, sizing up Kermit. “So this was Lia’s bumbling uncle.” he thought.

managed a strained smile and a noncommittal “Okay.”

to engage with him, and he was trapped into exchanging

staring at the besieged Calvert, thinking he must be hallucinating.

him, “Sanderson, what are you spacing out for? Go introduce yourself.”

business

could be

in a daze, watched as Kermit squeezed out of the crowd, boasting, “Sanderson, why are you daydreaming here? Luckily I was by the stairs, and I just greeted Mr. Wallace. He noticed me for sure, and I’m planning to visit him tomorrow,

Sanderson hadn’t moved, “Sanderson, sometimes you’re just too stiff. If you don’t make a move, do you expect Mr. Wallace to come

voice came from the crowd, “Excuse me, please.”

the Red Sea, and Calvert approached Sanderson, greeting him with a sweet smile, “Mr. Delaney, good to see you

between Sanderson and Calvert, unable

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happening.

out of his daze, realized it really was him.

also about finding him a girlfriend. This guy,

on a patriarchal tone, “You, come with

was baffled and thought, “Sanderson was daring to speak to Mr. Wallace like

By the way,

thought, “Lia’s kept man had the audacity to call her that. And he dared to look

going to them.” He intended to show Lia the true nature of this gold–digger, to prevent her from being

watched as Calvert obediently followed Sanderson, striding confidently through the

Elsewhere.

already descended the stairs. They headed toward

balcony, Cordelia watched over Lorna, anxious to prevent her from further harassment by the duo. After signaling Merry, she

her daughter’s prospects, “Oh, it’s not like they’re an item after

ladies gushed, “Exchanging contacts means there’s interest. A bit more conversation and it’s

and it’s natural for Mr. Wallace to like

calculated inquiry, “Has Cordelia’s boyfriend shown up? Introduce

background. He wouldn’t fit in at