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

and began to eat her breakfast sandwich, but as

sandwich suddenly lost

for the last bite of the sandwich, slumped in his chair, the

a sandwich, “why

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

perplexed, and finally just acknowledged with

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

go and leave for class, was

a bit

bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s

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she let go of his hand and stood up, “Well, I should

off

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

Midnight Scent bright, but a

appeared to live perpetually

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

felt guilty. Reaching into her pocket,

would take one every two… no, three

the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia had

bit cold, but

pulled out a bottle of pills identical to

knew he had to be the adult in

but it seemed someone else had beaten

and force wouldn’t work on her,

her the pills?

It seemed the group had been

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

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

class, Cordelia caught Merry sneaking

Merry’s phone vibrated again.

the platform moderator, “You’d better clear this up; it’s not

Merry’s face tensed.

recorded the previous day to go