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

to eat her breakfast sandwich, but as she took a bite,

sandwich suddenly lost its appeal.

her for the last bite of the sandwich,

offer him a sandwich, “why

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

looked at him, perplexed, and finally just acknowledged with

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

let go and leave for class, was taken aback.

paused, then held on a bit longer,

sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s heart

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his hand and stood up, “Well,

nodded. “Yeah, off you

her shoulder and walked out, but after

light pouring in through the window made Midnight Scent

live perpetually in the gloom.

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

guilty. Reaching into her pocket,

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

the dining table, savoring

bit cold, but still delicious.

drawer, he pulled out a bottle of pills

knew he had to be the adult

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

her, only tenderness. Judging by her reaction

had given her the

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

Lorna in the afternoon, so upon arriving at

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

Merry

Merry’s phone

platform moderator, “You’d better clear this up;

Merry’s face tensed.

hadn’t expected the short video she’d recorded