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

sandwich, but as she

suddenly lost its appeal.

who usually fought her for the last bite

a sandwich, “why aren’t you eating?”

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

perplexed, and finally

finished her breakfast. Taking Everard’s hand, she held it for a while until he finally spoke, “Is

who was about to let go and

held on a bit longer, “…a little bit longer.”

a sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s heart

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go of his hand and stood up, “Well, I should get

off you go.”

over her shoulder and walked out, but after

Scent

appeared to live perpetually in

for school. The image of his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but played ignorant to

into her pocket, she clenched the bottle of

would take one every two… no, three days.

sat at the dining table, savoring

bit cold, but

drawer, he pulled out a bottle of pills identical to Cordelia’s.

to be the adult in the situation.

the same medicine for her, but it seemed someone

Cordelia was straightforward, and force wouldn’t work on her, only

given her the

sharpness crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the group had

to attend with Lorna in the afternoon, so upon arriving at school, she first talked

something but holding back. Cordelia sat down, waiting for

Merry sneaking glances at her

phone vibrated again.

message from the platform moderator, “You’d better clear

Merry’s face tensed.

hadn’t expected the short video she’d recorded the