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.

her, Hanley had headphones in, blasting English songs, completely

Bland, so she settled for a quick text to wish him a good morning before diving

injury healed within a week,

topped the year, while Merry's grades steadily improved, breaking into the top hundred. With a solid foundation,

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

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

their homeroom teacher, Mr. Latham, cycled to class on his beat-up bike to deliver a pep talk about not slacking off during the holidays with the

palpable excitement, only Cordelia and Merry remained, packing up. That's when Cordelia's notebook fell to the floor. Both bent down to pick it up, their hands brushing against each other beneath the desk. They shared a smile, but before they could stand,

heavy, broke the

"Hanley, can we not break off the engagement? I promise to change.

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

break it off!" Juliana

disappointed me too much. If your family doesn't reach

have a peaceful New

Hanley attempted to leave, but Juliana grabbed him, pressing his hand against

away, "Don't do this. It

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

final words, he left, leaving

for Merry and Cordelia, who had remained crouched the entire time,

down,

exchanged a glance, their silent

stand up

Cordelia: "...Not interested."

"Guess not, 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

Juliana's attention, who bolted upright,

Cordelia reluctantly stood

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

don't eavesdrop. You just didn't give us a

elsewhere, snarled at them, "Cordelia, seeing me like this, does it make you happy?! I'm the rightful heiress of the Delaney

disliked confrontations, but Merry wouldn't let her friend be at a disadvantage, retorting sarcastically, "That's rich, coming from you. It was you who stole Lia's fiancé, you who usurped the