Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

for yourself, haven’t you?”

Chapter 176

Chapter 176

Daniel froze for a second before understanding. “Latham, so that’s why you whisked her off to the nurses office! Just to make sure she was all clear, so she wouldn’t come back to bite me in the butt later? Man. you’re slick–way more cautious than me!”

Latham chuckled, giving Daniel a playful kick in the shin. “Kid, I want a 500–word essay on my desk to make it right. Can’t be giving people ammo to use against you, get it?”

Daniel nodded, a sheepish grin on his face. “Sure thing! But, Latham, can we maybe make it 200 words?”

Get lost!” Latham cursed.

Daniel’s laughter trailed him out the door.

As he reached the entrance, he spotted Leila, and his smile briefly turned into a grimace. But he quickly shook it off and strutted back to his classroom with a scoff.

Leila stood frozen at the office door, her expression shifting rapidly before she headed towards her classroom.

Classes One and Two were adjacent. As she passed by Class One, she saw through the window that a crowd had gathered around Merry’s desk. They were laughing and chatting, the previous aloofness nowhere in sight.

Glancing down at her own solitary shadow, Leila clenched her fists tightly.

home, only to find that

Mom and Dad?” Leila inquired

gone to deliver some things

her lip hard. Merry again! As she climbed the stairs, she overheard two maids gossiping. “Miss Leila seems a bit

Merry’s the one who deserves pity after all she’s been through. She used to butt heads with her parents, but since that incident, they’ve grown much more

frown deepened, and a troubling thought

the Delaney household.

after a delay due to other patients. He was administering psychotherapy to Merry in the study

while Merry’s trauma was serious, it was not beyond repair, and

water would help

think Merry

interjected. “Then she’ll learn.”

pool and instructors,

found Leila waiting for them. Once they would have been comforted by her presence, but now, thoughts of Merry’s detachment and her ordeal only filled them with irritation. The couple retreated

Chapter 176

neglected, clenched her

of the classroom. Her classmates bluntly explained they didn’t want

ways.

them, her frustration mounting, she spotted a nondescript white envelope. Ensuring no one was watching,