Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 148

Calvert was the kind of guy who talked a big game about being scared, but everyone knew he was all bark and no bite, Skyler, on the other hand, was different. He’d always be like, “Man, I’m freaking out here, right before he’d dash headlong into the fray.

Wasn’t there a hint of sarcasm in his last remark? Was Skyler implying that things were moving too slowly?

Everard thought it would be insane to rush Cordelia, given her young age.

Everard glanced over with a cool gaze, taking a bite of his burger as he said, “You might think it’s slow, but Cordelia thinks I’m moving fast, and that’s all that matters.”

Skyler was speechless.

Everard was showing off!

Everard continued, unfazed, “Besides, you want to speed things up, but can you even? You don’t even have a date, man.”

Skyler thought he should never have gotten lippy, asking about Everard’s date.

Skyler felt speechless and calmed down after a moment.

He carried on, “Boss, you’re slipping. Just a breakfast with Lia, a little chitchat, and then you don’t see each other all day, no texts? You two don’t look like you’re in love.”

Everard didn’t respond, just coldly ordered, “Return that painting.”

Skyler pouted, “You had me dash off last night to get it, and now you’re sending me on another late–night return mission. You’re heartless, boss. I’m angry”

He grumbled, but his feet were already carrying him out the door.

Once he was gone, Everard’s gaze drifted to the door, where a young couple strolled past Midnight Scent, sharing an ice cream cone, the picture of love.

He couldn’t help but think that maybe, just maybe, his relationship with Cordelia was missing that spark of romance, which was why she remained unmoved.

impulse, grabbed his phone and googled, “What

was off. Everard kept giving her these eager, expectant

she was about to head to class, she noticed Everard following her out. He sauntered over to a bicycle parked by the door, hopped on, and balanced it with his feet before gesturing to

eyed him,

“I’ll give you

more than a half–mile away. Did she really need a lift? And on a bike?

low voice, “I’m good at

Good at what?

but walked over. She was still a little dazed as she sat on the

lurched forward. As she swayed backward, her hands instinctively grabbed the hem of

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hoodie, loose–fitting and casual Clutching it, she could make out the subtle lines of his back muscles under

breeze whisk past her ears. Before she could soak

screeched against the pavement. Cordelia, propelled by momentum, toppled forward

lips. He felt her embrace from behind and thought, for

After steadying herself, she realized his hoodie smelled

the fabric, her palms could feel the strength

“Stop thinking that.”

off the bike, darting toward the school without a backward glance, muttering to herself, “To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis

her mind flashed back to the sexy waist he had shown when he changed

She blushed.

voice grew louder, trying to drown out

of the day was language arts. The teacher entered early, standing at the

“Class hasn’t

humble, using every moment to study, reciting the text on her way

Cordelia was embarrassed.

delightful misunderstanding.

kept her head down, the heat only subsiding after two periods. That was when she noticed Merry,