Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

“Bang.”

Chapter 158

Cordelia’s boot connected with the security guard’s midsection, sending him sprawling to the ground as she barreled into the school premises.

Hidden not far off, Skyler gulped nervously. He’d always thought Cordella was the dainty, helpless type. He was wrong. She was so strong.

Fumbling with his phone, he dialed Everard, “Boss, Cordelia just stormed the gates.”

Everard’s response was as chilled as a winter’s breeze, “Okay, just keep an eye on her. No casualties, please.”

Skyler’s voice hitched in disbelief, “What? ‘No casualties‘? That’s your bar for concern?”

“What I mean is, don’t let her cause any casualties.”

It took a moment for Skyler to catch on. The boss was worried Cordelia might go full terminator on them.

He smirked wryly, “Got it.”

Everard instructed, “Let her stir the pot a bit before you wrap up your end, and make it snappy.”

“Boss, don’t rush me.” Skyler retorted, fingers dancing across his laptop keyboard, “A true man takes at least an hour.”

As Skyler bantered, Cordelia had already penetrated the heart of the campus.

A guard bellowed, “Who the heck are you? We’ve got an intruder.”

His shout summoned a squad of security guards, who, upon seeing a slender girl as the culprit, chuckled among themselves, “Can’t handle a little girl?”

The guard she’d floored was quick to caution, “Don’t take her lightly – she packs a punch.”

The guards advanced, one of them taunting, “Sweetheart, leave now and we might let you off easy.”

Cordelia’s only reply was a steely, “Where’s Merry?”

puzzled

here for

“Got a screw loose?

military combative, two guards sent flying, and another two pinned

over the subdued guard, repeating, “Where’s Merry?”

“The students are all in the

scrambled up, only to receive a swift kick that sent

more.

commanded, and

where rows of dunk tanks stood

felt ready to accept her

was more difficult than the

too near “Can’t even memorize a simple passage? What good are you? A

again gripped, and her head forced toward the water, Merry widened her eyes in a

be easier to just die.

haunted her. She felt unworthy of life. What

uncared

fight, surrender to the water,

a voice pierced

dismissing it as an illusion. Why else would she hear

calls grew clearer, “Merry? Little

head just in time to see that cool,

clutching at a lifeline, Merry’s lips trembled,

Cordelia entered the backyard, her eyes widened at the sight

use at all, because those teachers were very strong, and each one of them seemed to be practiced, and

behavior made her eyes widen.

though she had grown up in an orphanage, she had never seen anything like this

clamor, she heard

she found Merry, once vibrant and now soaked and subdued,

shocking, but seeing Merry in distress ignited