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.

fork and, on impulse, grabbed his phone and googled,

kept giving her these eager, expectant looks over breakfast, and she

out. He sauntered over to a bicycle

eyed him,

back, adding “I’ll give

more than a half–mile away. Did she

low voice, “I’m good at

Good at what?

a little dazed as she sat on the back of the bike when Everard was heard again, “Hold on tight, Sweetie.”

she could ponder further, the bike lurched forward. As she swayed backward,

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out the subtle lines of his back muscles under the fabric, a youthful silhouette.

whisk past her ears. Before she could soak in the

against the pavement. Cordelia, propelled by momentum, toppled forward onto his back, her arms wrapping around his waist to stay upright.

felt her embrace from behind and thought, for a fleeting

steadying herself, she realized his hoodie smelled of fresh laundry detergent, surprisingly pleasant.

Through the fabric, her palms could feel the

“Stop thinking that.”

and she hastily hopped off the bike, darting toward the school without a backward glance, muttering to herself,

back to the sexy waist he had shown when he changed his clothes that she had seen so

She blushed.

trying to drown out her wandering

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

students protested, “Class hasn’t

here. She’s been accepted to Superiority College but remains humble, using every moment to study, reciting the text on her way to school. You all should

Cordelia was embarrassed.

a delightful misunderstanding.

kept her head down, the heat only subsiding after