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 glances,

for Merry.”

shared a collective smirk, “Got a screw loose?

two guards sent flying, and another two pinned to the ground.

subdued guard, repeating, “Where’s

squeaked, “The students are all in

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

more.

and the guard, trembling,

entered the backyard, where rows

to accept

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 good are you? A waste of

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

easier to

of life. What was left for her to hope

uncared

her will to fight, surrender to the water, and

a voice

Why

calls grew clearer,

and familiar, spurred Merry to lift her head just in time to see that cool, composed figure break through the chaos.

clutching at a lifeline, Merry’s lips

Cordelia entered the backyard, her eyes widened at the sight of the

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

made her eyes

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

amidst the clamor, she heard

Merry, once vibrant and now soaked and subdued, her eyes filled with a

but seeing Merry in distress ignited