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

for Merry.”

guards shared a collective smirk, “Got a screw

two guards sent flying, and another two pinned to the

over the subdued guard, repeating,

students are all in the backyard.”

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

more.

and the

and entered the backyard, where rows of dunk tanks stood

felt ready to

difficult than the

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

gripped, and her head forced toward the water, Merry widened her

be easier to

haunted her. She felt unworthy of life. What was left for her to

uncared

her will to fight, surrender to the water, and

then, a voice

illusion. Why

grew clearer,

just in time to see that cool, composed figure break

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

backyard, her eyes widened at the sight of the

use at all, because those teachers were very strong, and each one of them seemed to be practiced, and these students were no

of behavior made her

in an orphanage, she had never seen

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

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

seeing Merry in distress ignited anger within