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?”

exchanged puzzled glances,

for Merry.”

shared a collective smirk, “Got a screw loose? Restrain her.”

a flurry of military combative, two guards sent flying, and

subdued guard,

squeaked, “The students are

he scrambled up, only to receive a swift kick that sent him sprawling once

more.

commanded, and the guard, trembling,

where rows of dunk tanks stood before them.

to

air was more difficult than the

ears rang as her teacher’s voice boomed, distant yet all too near “Can’t even memorize a simple passage? What good are you? A waste of space. People like you

forced toward the water, Merry widened her eyes in a mix of helplessness

be easier to

of life. What was left for her to hope

uncared

her will to fight, surrender to the

then, a voice pierced through, “Merry.”

Why else would

calls grew clearer,

Merry to lift her head just in time to see that cool, composed figure break through

at a lifeline, Merry’s lips

entered the backyard, her eyes widened at

saw that some teachers even grabbed the students‘ heads and pressed them into the tank. The students struggled, but it was no use at all, because those teachers were very strong, and each one of them

made

grown up in an orphanage,

clamor, she heard a faint,

found Merry, once vibrant and now soaked

the sight was shocking, but seeing Merry in distress