Love or Die: CEO’ s Daily Dose of Swoon (Cordelia) novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77 

Leila’s palms were raw and blistered, just like Merry’s, rendering her unable to play in the big game. Tears streamed down her face as classmates supported Leila on the way to the school nurse for bandaging incident had the staff scrambling to report to the director and assistant director 

The director lost his cool, while the assistant director dashed off to find a potential replacement 

During the initial auditions, they had their eyes on three potential girls. With the best and second–best Both injured, they were left with no choice but to find Juliana. 

“Juliana, is Juliana around?” 

The assistant director’s shout sent students scurrying in all directions. Hayley piped up, “She’s not here” 

Grabbing his cell phone, the assistant director muttered, Fine, fill just give her a call” 

They all had left their numbers just for emergencies so that they could be reachable at a moment of notice 

He dialed the number. To his relief, Juliana picked up promptly. 

“Where are you? Merry and Leila are both hurt. You need to step in!” he explained anxiously 

Juliana’s voice dripped with insincerity, “I’m in the middle of physics class. I don’t really feel. know?” 

The assistant director was at a loss for words. He thought, “Why audition if you didn’t want to act? Mentioning disinterest now was a ploy to negotiate terms.” 

He had seen these tactics too often. Yet with only her to save the day, he conceded, “How about we double your pay?” 

Juliana feigned disappointment, “Just double? You seem out of touch, sit. None of us are short on cast though I wouldn’t mind a bit extra for my allowance.” 

“What will it take for you to be interested, then?” 

Juliana brightened her voice, “Five times the amount, and I might consideri 

The assistant director nearly choked. 

This role was just a cameo with a few scenes. Since they were casting students from Greenmeadow International School, where every other kid was an heiress, the initial pay was substantial. Quintupling that was tantamount to the salary of a lead role. 

But this series was on a weekly broadcast schedule. They needed to shoot simultaneously and wrap up in days or risk missing the weekend slot! 

As the assistant director pondered his next move, a slender and pale hand reached out and snatched the phone before he could react. 

He turned to see a striking yet indifferent girl holding the phone. 

Cordelia spoke into the device with a casual air. The anonymous text to Merry was your doing, wasn’t it?” 

There was a stunned silence on the other end, followed by Juliana’s flustered response, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.” Her attitude gave it all away. 

Cordelia pressed on, “Were you involved?” 

This time, Juliana fell silent, evidently flabbergasted. 

Cordelia got it. Juliana was playing both Merry and Leila to snag this role. It was laughable that Leils thought she had won when she was merely a pawn in Juliana’s game. 

Cordelia had no interest in the petty scheming between Juliana and Leila. She only cared that someone who 

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Chapter 77 

Leila’s palms were raw and blistered, just like Merry’s, rendering her unable to play in the big game. Tears streamed down her face as classmates supported Leila on the way to the school nurse for bandaging. The incident had the staff scrambling to report to the director and assistant director. 

The director lost his cool, while the assistant director dashed off to find a potential replacement. 

During the initial auditions, they had their eyes on three potential girls. With the best and second–best both injured, they were left with no choice but to find Juliana. 

Juliana, is Juliana around?” 

The assistant director’s shout sent students scurrying in all directions. Hayley piped up, “She’s not here.” Grabbing his cell phone, the assistant director muttered, “Fine, I’ll just give her a call.” 

They all had left their numbers just for emergencies so that they could be reachable at a moment of notice. 

He dialed the number. To his relief, Juliana picked up promptly. 

“Where are you? Merry and Leila are both hurt. You need to step in!” he explained anxiously. 

Juliana’s voice dripped with insincerity, “I’m in the middle of physics class. I don’t really feel like acting, you know?” 

The assistant director was at a loss for words. He thought, “Why audition if you didn’t want to act? Mentioning disinterest now was a ploy to negotiate terms.” 

He had seen these tactics too often. Yet with only her to save the day, he conceded, “How about we double your pay?” 

Juliana feigned disappointment, “Just double? You seem out of touch, sir. None of us are short on cash, though I wouldn’t mind a bit extra for my allowance.” 

“…What will it take for you to be interested, then?” 

Juliana brightened her voice, “Five times the amount, and I might consider it.” 

The assistant director nearly choked. 

This role was just a cameo with a few scenes. Since they were casting students from Greenmeadow International School, where every other kid was an heiress, the initial pay was substantial. Quintupling that was tantamount to the salary of a lead role. 

But this series was on a weekly broadcast schedule. They needed to shoot simultaneously and wrap up in days. or risk missing the weekend slot! 

As the assistant director pondered his next move, a slender and pale hand reached out and snatched the phone before he could react. 

He turned to see a striking yet indifferent girl holding the phone. 

Cordelia spoke into the device with a casual air. “The anonymous text to Merry was your doing, wasn’t it?” 

There was a stunned silence on the other end, followed by Juliana’s flustered response, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.” Her attitude gave it all away. 

Cordelia pressed on, “Were you involved?” 

This time, Juliana fell silent, evidently flabbergasted. 

Cordelia got it. Juliana was playing both Merry and Leila to snag this role. It was laughable that Leila thought she had won when she was merely a pawn in Juliana’s game. 

Cordelia had no interest in the petty scheming between Juliana and Leila. She only cared that someone who 

had crossed Little Parrot wasn’t getting that role. 

The assistant director finally found his voice, “Hey, who are you? Give the phone back.” He trailed off as he locked eyes with Cordelia’s gaze. 

On the other end, the prolonged silence made Juliana panic, “Cordelia, I’m warning you, stay out of this!” 

“Oh.” Cordelia’s voice was calm, “Hold on.” 

She covered the mouthpiece and turned to the assistant director, “What do you think? Can I do it? 

Of course, she could! Her look was the spitting image of the role of first love as described in the book! 

With someone like her, why hadn’t they approached her sooner? The assistant director shot a glare at and nodded vigorously at Cordelia, “Absolutely, you can play yourself!” 

Satisfied, Cordelia spoke into the phone, “You don’t need to come. I’ll take the role.” 

With that, she hung up and tossed the phone back to the director. 

Silence enveloped the set. No one had anticipated that Cordella, with just a few words, would secure the role over three contenders. 

Merry stood by, tears welling in her eyes. She knew acting was a waste for Lia, yet here she was, stepping up for her sake. 

As Cordelia watched Merry’s tearful face, she was baffled.