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

suddenly lost

Everard, who usually fought her for the last bite of the

offer him a sandwich, “why aren’t

figure hunched over

finally just acknowledged with an

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

let go and leave for class, was

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

sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s heart tightened further.

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time felt right, she let go of his hand and stood up, “Well,

nodded. “Yeah, off

over her shoulder and walked out, but after

window made Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow

to live perpetually in the gloom.

his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but played ignorant to spare her feelings. And now he was so upset he

into her pocket, she clenched the bottle

every two… no, three days. Just enough to suppress

sat at the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia

cold, but still delicious.

a drawer, he pulled out a bottle of pills

he knew he had to be the adult in

her, but it seemed

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

had given her

It seemed the group had been too

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

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

Cordelia caught Merry sneaking

Merry’s phone

moderator, “You’d better clear this up; it’s not looking

Merry’s face tensed.

the short video she’d recorded the previous day