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

but as she took a bite,

suddenly lost its appeal.

saw Everard, who usually fought her for the last bite of the sandwich, slumped in his chair, the

help but offer him a sandwich, “why aren’t you

took the sandwich, his lean figure hunched over it. After a moment, he said,

finally just

quickly finished her breakfast. Taking Everard’s hand, she held it for a while until he

and

paused, then held on a bit longer, “…a little

than flirtatious. Cordelia’s

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right, she let go of his hand and stood

nodded. “Yeah, off

shoulder and walked out,

window made Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow seemed to

appeared to live perpetually in the gloom.

a moment before leaving for school. The image of his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but played ignorant to spare her feelings. And

Reaching into her pocket, she clenched the bottle of

on, she would take one every two… no, three

“distraught” Everard sat at the dining table, savoring

but still

pulled out a bottle of pills identical

he knew he had to be the adult in

it seemed

force wouldn’t work on her, only tenderness. Judging by her reaction upon leaving, it seemed to have

given her the

crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the group had been too

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

Merry acting furtively, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Cordelia sat down, waiting for her

Cordelia caught Merry

phone

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

Merry’s face tensed.

recorded the previous day to