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

but as she took a bite, she heard

lost its

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

a sandwich, “why aren’t you eating?”

took the sandwich, his lean figure hunched over it.

finally just acknowledged

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

was about to let go and leave for class, was taken

a bit longer,

sound more bitter than

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his hand and

off you go.”

shoulder and walked out, but after

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

perpetually in

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

into her pocket, she clenched the bottle of pills.

one every two… no, three days. Just enough

Everard sat at the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia had

but

out a bottle of pills identical

he had to be the

but it seemed someone else

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

who had given her the pills? Louie?

of sharpness crossed Everard’s eyes. It seemed the

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

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 sneaking glances at

phone vibrated

message from the platform moderator, “You’d better clear

Merry’s face tensed.

expected the short video she’d recorded