Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 214

Daisy's voice filled the room the moment she walked through the door, catching the attention of a new guy who had just entered. He paused in his tracks, his gaze landing on her.

Maybe it was his habit of pulling all-nighters, but the dark circles under his eyes were pronounced, giving him a perpetually sleep-deprived appearance.

"Hey, Zack, what's the hold-up?" one of his dorm mates nudged him from behind, breaking his trance.

Zack adjusted his thick-rimmed glasses and replied, "Thought I heard someone call my name just now."

"Who? Dreaming much? Desperate for a girlfriend, are you?"

"Shut up, man!"

They shared a laugh and continued towards the back of the classroom, where the atmosphere was quieter. This was a room filled with top achievers, where everyone naturally kept their voices low to avoid disturbing others.

As they passed by, Keen, who had just finished his lunch and packed away his meal prep box, cast a sidelong glance at Everard.

Boyfriend...

Keen had stumbled upon Cordelia's social media page once, featuring a photo of a couple holding hands. Curious, he'd followed Cordelia's school's community board and seen a candid shot of her boyfriend posted there.

The guy in front of him matched the photo he'd seen, but according to Cordelia's classmates, her boyfriend wasn't named Jack, nor was he a student. Apparently, a student had clarified that the man was Cordelia's sugar baby.

Keen frowned in thought. So, was this guy a fake?

He did look the part-handsome, capable of crafting a persuasive apology letter, seemingly Cordelia's type...

down, then approached them. "Hey, mind if

blinked in

competitions for a shot at prestigious colleges, Keen's reputation preceded him. The idea of a top student wanting to sit with them was too good to

up

seats, the layout too vast to maintain the morning's arrangements. It was an environment where the addition of one person went

come?" she asked. "Ah," Everard replied, his focus on the letter as

bit aloof, yet in the company of Little Fang or Sanderson Delaney, he was nothing but

smiled. "As a kid, I was a bit of a terror. At first, my teachers would call my parents. Eventually, my dad got tired of it and told them to deal with me as

shifted the topic, "How did you know we had

"I didn't," Everard confessed.

on popular names. It was Lucille who had

chatted, Cordelia couldn't help but notice how Everard stood out in the daylight-his pale skin, prominent nose, and thin lips giving him a distinctive,

was unusually

Cordelia, Queenie eyed the pair, wondering who the new guy was and why she hadn't noticed

and Everard,

Does that mean

like a lost

Keen any attention this morning, but she can't take her eyes

missing the real story here? I'm hesitant to

"Spill it!"

look like Cordelia's cheating? How

another glance at Cordelia and Everard before

minutes to spare before class, Everard handed