Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 119

The Pioneers Group chat had been silent for days, so when someone finally piped up, the others quickly bubbled to the surface of the conversation.

Mathster replied, [Never heard of ‘em.]

Bland replied, [Farly bird interrupts my sweet dreams, huh?]

Painter said, [Ever heard of mute?]

Bland replied, [Set this chat to priority alerts, man. What if the boss needs me and I miss it?]

The others mentally rolled their eyes at his brown–nosing, but no one dared to say it out loud. Instead-

Painter said, [Same here, bro.]

Chef echoed, [And me]

Clothing Retailer said, [Me too]

Pianoman asked, [Who’s this person, anyway? Never heard of them. Are they famous or something? @Painter]

Painter said, [This person had a real flair for painting 18 years ago. Young and talented. But then I heard she married into some high society and stopped painting altogether. Not many people know her because of that.]

Bland asked, [So why are you looking for her?]

Painter replied, [To paint, obviously.]

Bland said, [? But you’re a renowned artist yourself. Why do you need someone else to paint for you?]

Painter said, [Let me school you, newbie. Watercolor themes fall into three categories, landscapes, figures, and still lifes. I specialize in figures, not landscapes.]

Painter said, [I got roped into this game design gig, doing character art. I need a landscape artist for the scenery. Most of the famed landscape artists here have either aged out of the game or their work is too superficial for my taste.]

said, [After much thought, only Lorn from 18 years ago caught my eye. Her landscapes had the touch.

Association and heading the Superiority Art Academy. You must have the widest network. If you can’t

couldn’t dig up her real identity, and then she vanished. She might have changed her name, but talent like hers doesn’t just disappear. I’ve cast a wide net in my circles. You all have

replied, [No problem.]

said, [Got

for a moment. She couldn’t paint, but Lorna could. Maybe

replied, [Got

as usual, grabbed her book. It was physics–related, hard to understand, but she tackled

courses back at the orphanage. But it wasn’t until she’d visited her grandparents‘ house that she realized how

and when she visited them with Lorna on weekends, she’d

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them a place to stay, and her grandmother was supposed to arrive tonight, delayed by packing. Cordelia was eager for the new trove

car pulled up in

descended the stairs and entered

breakfast and set the table effortlessly, prompting Everard to rise from

These two didn’t seem like former

help but glance at Calvert, asking with a hint of curiosity, “You’ve been hanging around for two months now. Don’t you

was about to reply when Everard’s smooth voice intervened,

leaving? With a forced smile, he added, “Yeah, I actually came to Greenmeadow for

to the curb once he’s no

it didn’t come, he looked up, puzzled, to

with her. After the kiss yesterday, she should’ve been mad at him today, but she wasn’t. And now, the idea of even touching

his gaze, she hastily grabbed his hand.

just a tool to her. But today, she noticed how attractive his hands really were–long, defined, with calluses that spoke of work but didn’t detract

palm was warm, and that heat seemed to burn her

when they held hands, tracing her palm when she wasn’t paying attention. But today,

handhold

quickly, grabbing her backpack, I’m off

watched her leave Midnight Scent toward the school, pondering