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

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

a flurry of military combative, two guards sent

the subdued guard, repeating, “Where’s Merry?”

“The students are all in

to receive a

more.

way,” she commanded, and the guard, trembling, complied.

building and entered the backyard, where rows of dunk tanks stood before

to accept her fate.

more difficult than the

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 don’t deserve to

toward the water, Merry widened her eyes

it would be easier

life. What was

uncared

eroded her will to fight, surrender

a voice pierced through,

an illusion. Why else

clearer, “Merry? Little Parrot?”

her head just in

a drowning soul clutching at a lifeline, Merry’s lips

her eyes widened at the sight of the dunk

use at all, because those teachers were very strong, and each one of

kind of behavior made

in an orphanage, she had never seen

clamor, she heard a faint, “Lia…”

Merry, once vibrant and now soaked

but seeing Merry in distress ignited anger