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, she heard another soft sigh from across the table.

suddenly lost

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

a

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

finally just acknowledged

breakfast. Taking Everard’s hand, she held it for a while

go and leave for class,

a bit

more bitter than flirtatious.

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

off you go.”

walked out,

Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow seemed

perpetually

his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but played ignorant to spare her

her pocket,

no, three days. Just enough to suppress

sat at the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia had left behind.

but

out a bottle of pills identical

had to be the adult in

but it seemed someone

played the weak one. Cordelia was straightforward, and force wouldn’t work on her, only tenderness. Judging by her reaction upon leaving, it seemed to have

given her

Everard’s eyes. It seemed the group had been

in the afternoon, so upon arriving at school,

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

Merry sneaking

Merry’s phone

the platform moderator, “You’d

Merry’s face tensed.

short video she’d recorded the previous day to