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

breakfast sandwich, but

lost its appeal.

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

offer him a sandwich,

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

at him, perplexed, and finally just acknowledged with an “Oh.”

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

let go and leave for class,

held on a bit longer, “…a little

than flirtatious.

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let go of his hand and stood up,

nodded. “Yeah, off you

and walked out, but after a

in through the window made Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow seemed to hover

appeared to live perpetually in the

image of 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 couldn’t even

her pocket, she clenched the bottle

two… no, three days. Just enough

Everard sat at the dining table,

cold, but

pulled out a bottle of pills identical to Cordelia’s.

he had to be the adult in the

for her, but it seemed someone else had beaten him to

the weak one. Cordelia was straightforward, and force wouldn’t work on her, only tenderness.

given her

flash of sharpness crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the

so upon

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

class, Cordelia caught Merry

Merry’s phone vibrated

moderator, “You’d better clear this up;

Merry’s face tensed.

the short video she’d recorded the previous