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.

lost its

her for the last bite of the sandwich,

couldn’t help but offer him a sandwich, “why aren’t you

lean figure hunched over

perplexed, and finally just acknowledged with an

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

about to let go and leave for

held on a bit longer, “…a

more bitter than

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time felt right, she let go of his hand

off

backpack over her shoulder and walked out, but after a few

made Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow seemed

appeared to live perpetually in

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

into her pocket, she clenched the bottle of

on, she would take one every two… no, three days. Just enough to suppress a little.

the “distraught” Everard sat at the dining table,

but still

he pulled out a bottle of pills

to be the

but it seemed someone else had

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

had given her the pills? Louie?

seemed the group had

had an art exhibit to attend with Lorna in the afternoon, so upon arriving at school, she first talked to Latham before returning to the classroom.

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

caught Merry sneaking glances at

Merry’s phone vibrated

a message from the platform moderator, “You’d better clear this up; it’s not looking good.”

Merry’s face tensed.

recorded the previous day