Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 294

The moment the video call connected, Juliana was greeted by a strikingly handsome face.

Her eyes widened in surprise, and she was about to get a closer look when her phone was suddenly snatched away. Turning around, she saw Cordelia swiftly grabbing the phone from behind and handing it over to Merry.

Merry shot Juliana a wary glance.

Juliana was stunned, feeling a sense of déjà vu. That quick glimpse... it felt eerily familiar. Could it be... Bland?

Impossible. How could it be Bland?

She must have been seeing things.

Looking back at Merry, if Merry and Bland were that close, Bland could easily usher her into the glamorous world of Hollywood. Why bother with the grueling auditions for the Ontoky City Film and Animation Academy?

So, she must have been mistaken.

Merry was already glaring at her. "Juliana, didn't your folks teach you not to mess with other people's stuff? What's with your low-class behavior?"

Low-class?

That set Juliana off. "Oh, and you're high-class? Obsessing over a celeb who's already taken. I don't know whether to call you shameless or just delusional!"

Merry, never one to lose a verbal spar, scoffed. Juliana's words were like water off a duck's back. "What about you? Sorted things out with your fiancé yet? Weren't you two at each other's throats just yesterday?"

That hit a nerve with Juliana, leaving her fuming and breathless with indignation.

Ever since Hayley transferred, Juliana felt isolated, her grievances and bitterness finding no outlet, making her lash out without a care for appearances.

At that moment, Merry's words made her glance at Hanley in the front row.

He seemed oblivious to the drama unfolding behind him, engrossed in his work, which only fueled her anger further.

Just yesterday, Hanley had snapped at her, suggesting they call off the engagement if she was so bothered by it. Men are all the same, heartless.

Taking a deep breath, Juliana tried to collect herself and focused on distributing the examination papers instead.

Hanley had headphones in, blasting English songs, completely tuning out the

get to video call Bland, so she settled for a quick text to wish him a

injury healed within a week, being just a

breaking into the top hundred. With a solid foundation, she was well on her way to securing

progress, climbing from the very bottom to rank around five hundred, a jump of a hundred places. Yet, the gap

as his fiery red hair, refused to give up. Only through effort could he live without regrets. Life smoothly sailed towards the year-end, with underclassmen breaking for winter holidays while seniors buckled down, grinding till the 28th before getting a

cycled to class on his beat-up bike to deliver a

notebook fell to the floor. Both bent down to pick it up, their hands brushing against each other

and heavy, broke the

the engagement? I promise to change. If we break

me, say I was inconsiderate, anything. I've given you plenty of time. Why hasn't your family approached mine

won't break it off!"

disappointed me too much. If your family doesn't reach out by the new year, I'll have to initiate the break-off. I've given

"Hanley! Can't you even let us have

but Juliana grabbed him, pressing his hand against her and kissing it,

away, "Don't do this.

door, "Out of the years we've shared, I'll give you till the 16th of the first month. If you don't come forward by then, I'll

those final words, he

classroom, making the situation awkward for Merry and Cordelia, who

down, waiting for the

and Cordelia exchanged a glance,

we stand

Cordelia: "...Not interested."

not, it's too

Cordelia: "...Yeah."

to remain in their awkward squat, Merry's phone suddenly blasted a rock tune from the 90s. In a frantic scramble, she

Juliana's attention, who bolted upright, "Who's

Cordelia

lashed out, "It's you two again! Were you deliberately hanging

eavesdrop. You just didn't give us a

hurt feelings elsewhere, snarled at them, "Cordelia, seeing me like this, does it make you happy?! I'm the rightful heiress of the Delaney family, how dare you come along and take everything that's

confrontations, but Merry wouldn't let her friend be at a disadvantage, retorting sarcastically, "That's rich, coming from you. It was