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.

English songs, completely tuning out the commotion

Bland, so she settled for

routines, Yates' leg injury healed within a week, being

the end-of-January mock exams, Cordelia unsurprisingly topped the year, while Merry's grades steadily improved, breaking into the top hundred. With a solid

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

many, Yates, as stubborn 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,

to deliver a pep talk about not slacking off during the holidays with the SATS looming in less than five

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

broke the silence. "Juliana, what are

the engagement? I promise to change. If we break it off, my reputation will

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

it

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 you enough

have a peaceful New Year? How can you be

to leave, but Juliana grabbed him, pressing his hand

away, "Don't do this. It

give you till the 16th

final words, he left, leaving Juliana

making the situation awkward for Merry and Cordelia, who had remained crouched the entire time, not

hunkered down, waiting for

a glance, their

should we stand up and roast

Cordelia: "...Not interested."

not, it's

Cordelia: "...Yeah."

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

Juliana's attention,

Cordelia reluctantly

situation, Juliana, piecing together their earlier conversation and actions, lashed out, "It's you two again! Were you deliberately hanging around to

You just didn't

her 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

rich, coming from you. It was you who stole