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.

to her, Hanley had headphones in, blasting English songs, completely tuning out the commotion around

settled for a quick text to wish him a good morning before diving

injury healed

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

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

he live without regrets. Life smoothly sailed towards

bike to deliver a pep talk about not slacking off during

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

broke the

the engagement? I

Blame it on me, say I was inconsiderate, anything. I've

break it off!"

too much. If your family doesn't reach out by the new year, I'll have to initiate the

"Hanley! Can't you even let us have a peaceful New Year? How can you be so

him, pressing his hand against her and

"Don't do this. It only

we've shared, I'll give you till the 16th of the first month. If you don't come

those final words, he left, leaving

sobs filled the classroom, making the situation awkward for Merry and Cordelia, who had

were, hunkered down, waiting for

a glance, their

stand

Cordelia: "...Not interested."

it's too

Cordelia: "...Yeah."

they decided 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 and hit 'end

attention, who bolted upright,

Cordelia reluctantly stood

in an awkward situation, Juliana, piecing together their earlier conversation and actions, lashed out, "It's you

just

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 mine! I

retorting sarcastically, "That's rich, coming from you. It was you who stole