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

began to eat her breakfast sandwich, but as she

sandwich suddenly lost its

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

offer him a

took the sandwich, his lean figure hunched over it. After a moment, he said, “Not

looked at him, perplexed, and finally just acknowledged

hand, she held it

about to let go and

then held on a bit longer, “…a

sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s heart tightened

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go of his hand

“Yeah, off

her shoulder and walked out, but after a few steps, she

Scent

live perpetually in the gloom.

before leaving for school. The image of his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized

her pocket,

would take one every two… no, three days. Just

the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia had left

but still

out a bottle of pills identical

he knew he had to be the

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

Cordelia was straightforward, and force wouldn’t work on her, only tenderness. Judging by her reaction upon leaving,

given her the

crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the

in the afternoon, so upon arriving at school, she first talked to Latham before

but holding back. Cordelia sat down, waiting for her to speak, but Merry

Cordelia caught Merry

phone vibrated again.

moderator, “You’d better

Merry’s face tensed.

expected the short video she’d recorded the previous day to go viral.