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

her breakfast sandwich, but

lost its

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

a sandwich, “why aren’t you eating?”

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

him, perplexed, and finally just acknowledged with an

it for

about to let go and leave for class,

then held on a bit longer, “…a little

than flirtatious.

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the time felt right, she let go of his hand and stood

“Yeah, off

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

Midnight Scent bright, but a shadow seemed to

to live perpetually in the gloom.

a moment before leaving for school. The image of his disappointed face played on her mind. He must have recognized the pills but played ignorant to spare her feelings.

into her pocket,

no, three days. Just enough

“distraught” Everard sat at the dining table, savoring

cold, but still

out a bottle of pills identical to Cordelia’s.

he had to be

for her, but it seemed someone else had beaten him

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

her

eyes. It seemed the group had been too idle

upon arriving at school, she first talked to

entered, she noticed Merry acting furtively, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Cordelia

Cordelia caught Merry sneaking glances

phone vibrated again.

saw 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 to