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.

his phone and googled,

Cordelia sensed something was off. Everard kept giving her these eager, expectant looks over breakfast, and

head to class, she noticed Everard following her out. He sauntered over to a bicycle

him,

look back, adding “I’ll give you a ride to

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

heard Everard’s low voice, “I’m good at

Good at what?

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

As she swayed backward, her hands instinctively

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casual Clutching it, she could make out the subtle lines of his

whisk past her ears. Before she could soak in the moment,

propelled by momentum, toppled forward onto his back, her arms wrapping around his waist to

him, a smirk on his lips. He felt her embrace from behind and thought, for a

startled. After steadying herself, she realized his hoodie smelled of

was quite sexy. Through the fabric, her palms

thought, “Stop

hastily hopped 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 nobler in the mind

to the sexy waist he had shown when he changed his clothes that

She blushed.

to drown out her wandering

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

protested, “Class

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

Cordelia was embarrassed.

a delightful misunderstanding.

only subsiding after two periods. That