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

here for Merry.”

collective smirk, “Got a screw

lunged, Cordelia unleashed a flurry of military combative, two guards sent

the subdued guard, repeating,

students are all in the backyard.”

watched as he scrambled up, only to receive

more.

commanded, and the guard,

rounded a building and entered the backyard, where rows of dunk tanks

to accept

gasp for air was more difficult than the last. Now, the sensation was almost

up again. Waterlogged ears rang as her teacher’s voice boomed, distant yet all too near “Can’t even memorize a simple passage? What

was once again gripped, and her head forced toward the water, Merry widened

be easier to just die.

She felt unworthy of life. What was left

family–less, uncared for…

to fight, surrender to the water, and never

a voice pierced through, “Merry.”

Why

grew clearer, “Merry?

and familiar, spurred Merry to lift her head just in time to

a lifeline, Merry’s lips trembled,

her eyes widened at the sight of

struggled, but it was no use at all, because those teachers were very strong, and

made her

orphanage, she

amidst the clamor, she heard a faint,

Merry, once vibrant and now soaked and

but seeing Merry in distress