Love or Die: CEO’ s Daily Dose of Swoon (Cordelia) novel Chapter 290

The moment Cordelia walked into the room, all eyes snapped to her.

Juliana burst into tears, her voice choked with sobs. "Is it because you just don't like me? Ever since you came back, it's been nothing but chaos around here! And now Hanley's head over heels for you too, taking away everything that was mine. Are you happy now?"

It seemed like she had been holding those words in for ages, and after she let them out, she ran out of the room crying.

Cordelia was speechless.

This was utterly ridiculous.

She frowned, clearly annoyed, when suddenly, Hanley didn’t chase after Juliana. Instead, he approached her. "Cordelia, I'm sorry, I…"

He stumbled over his words, unable to finish his sentence.

Cordelia raised an eyebrow.

Without missing a beat, Little Parrot transformed into Sass Queen and said, "Hanley, grow a backbone, will ya? Can't even handle your own drama and now dumping it on Lia? Think she's easy to bully? Your engagement’s off, stop dragging her into your mess. Lia's biggest wish right now is for you to keep your distance and not trouble her anymore!"

Hanley's face turned beet red. Standing there in his school uniform, he finally managed to say, "I'm sorry, I'll sort it out," before he hurried off after Juliana.

When school was over, Cordelia and Merry headed home.

Sanderson's new venture hadn't taken off yet, so the older folks were meeting up in his study.

Arriving home, they found Lorna preparing snacks, planning to take them up to the meeting.

Seeing Merry, Lorna suddenly handed her a peeled apple.

Merry looked puzzled. So did Cordelia.

Lorna smiled. "Go on up, get some rest, take a shower. When did you get back?"

Merry, still confused, took the apple and went upstairs.

Lorna then pulled Cordelia aside, "Lia, did you hear? Bland's got a girlfriend now."

Cordelia was clueless.

Realizing Cordelia wasn’t much into pop culture, Lorna explained, "Merry idolizes Bland. Some fans get really upset over news like this. She must be heartbroken."

Cordelia was lost. "But she's been smiling all day."

Lorna had an epiphany. "That's just her putting on a brave face!"

Cordelia was silent.

Tears welled up in Lorna's eyes at the thought of her father-in-law, once a brilliant scientist, now shadowed by illness.

Sanderson had never imagined that after breaking ties with the Delaney family, he could go to such lengths for her.

But, in a world where certain drugs were deemed impossible to develop, could they make the impossible possible?

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After a long day, Cordelia retreated to her bedroom. Following a soothing bath, she noticed the absence of the usual dinner call from downstairs and instinctively reached for her book on the periodic table.

Her recent dedication to memorizing vocabulary had paid off, allowing her to tackle this entirely English book with confidence.

As she flipped through the pages, a loose sheet fell out, revealing a chemistry problem:

The sheet listed several chemical elements and challenged the reader to predict the chemical reactions necessary to synthesize D-Acetylneuraminic Acid.

Having spent considerable time with the book, Cordelia felt she had gained significant insight. Now was the perfect moment to test her self-taught chemistry skills.

With this thought, she pulled out a piece of paper and began to work through the problem.