Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 128

Cordelia was utterly flustered.

Lorna would clean her room every day. To avoid getting caught with the medicine Louie had given her, Cordelia had hidden it in her backpack. But now, she had been busted

Everard pinched the bottle of pills, a smile playing on his lips that didn’t quite reach his eyes, casting a somber mood over the room they dubbed Midnight Scent.

Panic flickered in Cordelia’s beautiful eyes. She had a feeling that if Everard realized what the pills were for, he would be furious.

Thinking quickly, she blurted out, “Vitamins.”

After saying this, she reached out to snatch them back. She was quick, but Everard was quicker. As she leaned in, he pushed back in his chair, sliding away effortlessly.

By the time Cordelia stood up to grab them, he had already unscrewed the cap, taken out a pill, and brought it to his nose for a sniff. Then he looked up at her.

Maybe it was her imagination, but Cordelia could swear his gaze had turned colder, a complex storm brewing in his deep eyes, as unpredictable as the vast night sky.

He must have figured it out. The thought made Cordelia freeze.

Maybe it was time to tell the truth.

She was about to speak when Everardlowered his gaze, masking the turbulence in his eyes, and his features softened in an instant.

“Oh,” he sighed lightly, “vitamins, huh?”

His voice was faint, hollow, tinged with melancholy and disappointment.

He placed the pill back in the bottle, screwed the cap on, and handed it back to Cordelia.

She was puzzled

Looking down at the bottle in her hand and then back at Everard, he seemed almost wounded, like a had been abandoned by its owner, unwittingly tugging at her heartstrings.

Did her actions truly hurt him to this extent?

puppy that

the bottle into her backpack and began to eat her breakfast sandwich, but as she took a bite, she heard another

lost its

who usually fought her for the last bite of the

him a sandwich, “why

over it. After a moment, he said, “Not hungry.”

and finally just acknowledged with an

her breakfast. Taking Everard’s hand, she held it for a

let go and leave for class, was

on a bit longer, “…a little

a sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s

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hand and stood up, “Well, I should

nodded. “Yeah, off you go.”

out, but after a few steps,

in through the window made Midnight Scent bright,

perpetually

of his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but

Reaching into her pocket, she

no, three days. Just enough to suppress

Everard sat at the dining table, savoring the sandwich

bit cold, but still delicious.

out a bottle of pills identical to

he knew he had to be the

had prepared the same medicine for her, but it seemed someone else had beaten him

work on her, only tenderness. Judging by her reaction upon leaving, it

had given her the pills?

flash of sharpness crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the group had been too idle

the afternoon, so upon arriving at school,

Merry acting furtively, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Cordelia sat

Cordelia caught Merry

phone

message from the platform moderator, “You’d better clear this up; it’s

Merry’s face tensed.

expected the short video she’d recorded the