Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 298

Lorna and Sanderson exchanged a worried glance. Sanderson, his face a mask of fury, was just about to storm into the room when Lorna quickly grabbed his hand, shooting him a look that said, "Do you really want to barge in on the kids right now? Think of how awkward that would be." Sanderson, still seething, hissed, "Then what do we do?"

Lorna furrowed her brows, signaling for patience, "Leave it to me."

She coughed deliberately outside the door, hoping to alert the kids inside without startling them too much.

Ideally, upon hearing the cough, the kids would pause whatever they were up to, right?

Sure enough, they heard Everard's muffled voice from inside, "Dude, your parents are back, and I was only halfway through."

Cordelia, a hint of urgency in her voice, whispered back, "Hurry up, then."

Everard took a sharp breath, "Alright, I'm going all in..."

Cordelia cut him off, "Don't move! Back up a little!"

Lorna and Sanderson were dumbfounded.

Was the situation inside not what they feared, and Lia was the one taking the lead? And Everard felt pressured?

Even so, they couldn't just let Lia go on like this!

Lorna coughed again, louder this time, ready to add a few more coughs as a clearer signal, but Sanderson had already kicked the door open, roaring, "Everard, you beast! I'm going to kill-"

He froze mid-sentence.

Because there, in the middle of the room, was Everard sitting in a chair, holding up a molecular model, while Cordelia was intently studying another, a chemical molecule model. Everard's model was fitting into Cordelia's model, demonstrating a chemical reaction.

Both kids looked up, stunned by the sudden intrusion. Everard, confusion written all over his face, asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Sanderson's anger fizzled out, replaced by embarrassment, "I...uh, thought you were doing what? A science project?"

Everard nodded, "Yeah."

doing?" Sanderson couldn't hide his

Cordelia looked puzzled, "What

felt his face

They were just working on a

tension, asked hesitantly, "Is it

completely flustered, mumbled, "No, it's fine.

open. Trying to salvage some dignity, he coughed, "I was just testing how sturdy the door is. Looks good,

and Everard exchanged glances, both

quickly changed the subject, "You kids continue with your project. I'll whip up some late-night snacks

project. She had been stuck on a particularly challenging problem and hoped to find inspiration

interruption had sparked an idea, and she eagerly

sat down, her pen flying over

had

seemed impossible. But with the models and

the way we understand chemical synthesis. It was all theoretical, of

work. To Cordelia, it was a solution to a school

task completed, casually set aside her work, planning to test her

Dad's new company could help," she

becoming almost a part of the Delaney family. Sanderson and Lorna, knowing his own parents

thwarted as Cordelia remained absorbed in her studies, asking him not to disturb her focus. This routine continued until school resumed, and Everard returned to

Meanwhile, Sanderson's company

of its own. An accident in the lab on the

to an explosion, causing chaos and

damages, but the company's funds were

cash. We might not make payroll," Dagmar, a loyal employee, reported with

to Sanderson's

shoulders, promised to find a solution, though he

the Delaney

from school