Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 169

Cordelia had eyes like a hawk, and she never forgot a single detail, be it something she yearned for or something she wished to forget. It was only last night, while horsing around with Merry, that she realized how much fun they could have with their playful banter.

But it was in that fleeting moment that she’d memorized Merry’s body. That was why, the instant she saw that photo, she instinctively saved it to her phone.

But if the girl in the photo wasn’t Merry, then who could it be?

Could it be doctored?

That was what she pondered as she followed Merry and her group, catching up and asking her, “Think hard, Merry. What were you doing when the picture was taken?”

Cordelia’s question was overheard by Yates, who was tagging along. His eyes widened in disbelief at her words.

Wasn’t Cordelia just making things harder for Merry?

Sure enough, Merry’s eyes flickered with conflict and fear. She began to shake her head, about to speak, when Cordelia pressed on, “What pose were you in when the picture was taken?”

Yates usually went along with whatever Cordelia said, rarely objecting. But at this moment, he almost couldn’t help himself. Cordelia was so headstrong, and she probably didn’t realize how painful it could be for Merry to revisit such a painful memory.

However, before he could say anything, Merry seemed to snap out of her daze.

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Her head shot up, the despondency vanishing as she exclaimed, “That’s not my photo.”

When she had been coerced into taking photos, she was crouching,

never standing.

Cordelia nodded in acknowledgment.

Merry, confused, said, “But if it’s not mine, what’s going on with this photo? Is it Photoshopped? But why would someone do that?”

She picked up her phone again, reopening the forum post.

had been taken down, but

people were blasting the school for its lack of humanity, but a vocal minority

those pictures, number 3’s

bigger rack, shame no one knows who she is. Her friends and

they’re not shopped. Looks like the real deal, folks. Come

comments, stunned, “They’re saying it’s real, so what’s

to give us their side of the story, and see what’s really going on.” She had faith in Skyler and felt that Skyler couldn’t possibly leave such a loophole open. If only she had Skyler’s contact, she could

thought about it, the stranger

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composed herself and said, “It’s not me. I didn’t take such a photo.”

speculations online were just that, speculations. The

you should

wrong. If I went home now, it’d look like I’m guilty. I can’t be that weak, and I

asking convinced,

Merry nodded firmly.

again, “You don’t have to force

unbothered by societal norms. She understood

her head and continued

Bland, “Whatever happens, remember, I am with

a message from her guiding

and her idol,

put away her phone and

deleted as soon as it was up, which only fueled the discussions.

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someone looked

found their way to Merry.

afraid to look directly at the

said, “I’m

slowly opened her mouth, “That picture wasn’t of me. I didn’t take that kind of picture.