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, “What?”

for Merry.”

collective smirk, “Got a screw loose? Restrain

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

subdued

squeaked, “The students are all

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

more.

commanded, and the guard, trembling,

where rows

ready to accept

more difficult than the last. Now, the sensation was almost familiar. “Splash.”

rang as her teacher’s voice boomed, distant yet all too near “Can’t even

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

be easier

haunted her. She felt unworthy of life.

family–less, uncared for…

thoughts eroded her will to fight, surrender to the

a voice pierced through, “Merry.”

dismissing it as an illusion. Why

the calls grew clearer, “Merry? Little

her head just in time

a drowning soul clutching at a lifeline, Merry’s lips trembled, “Lia…”

widened at the sight of the dunk

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 seemed to be practiced, and these students were

kind of behavior made her eyes

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

amidst the clamor, she heard a faint, “Lia…”

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

shocking, but seeing