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 as she took a bite, she heard another soft

lost its appeal.

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

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

over it. After a moment, he said,

perplexed, and finally just acknowledged

finished her breakfast. Taking Everard’s hand, she held it for a while until he finally spoke, “Is

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

paused, then held on a bit longer, “…a little bit longer.”

sound more bitter than flirtatious. Cordelia’s heart tightened

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of his hand and stood up, “Well, I should get to class.

nodded. “Yeah, off you

out,

window made Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow

perpetually in

his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills

guilty. Reaching into her pocket, she clenched the bottle of pills.

she would take one every two… no, three days. Just

at the dining table, savoring the sandwich Cordelia had

but still

pulled out a

he knew he had to be

medicine for her, but it seemed someone else had beaten

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

given her

flash of sharpness crossed Everard’s eyes. It 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.

say something but holding back. Cordelia

Merry sneaking glances

Merry’s phone vibrated again.

platform moderator, “You’d better clear

Merry’s face tensed.

short video she’d recorded the previous day to go