Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1229

"Theia, stop acting crazy!"

Nadia was genuinely panicking, tightening her grip on her gun, waiting for the perfect moment to shoot.

"Nadia, who gave you permission to point a gun at her?" Corvus glared fiercely at Nadia. "Put it down!"

"Corvus, did you not hear what she just said?"

Nadia trembled with anger, spitting out every word in accusation. "She wants to blow up our life's work, and she wants to kill you! Why are you still keeping a woman like this alive?"

"I said put the gun down!"

Corvus couldn't hear a word Nadia was saying, his face livid as he roared.

"If you can't bring yourself to do it, I'll do it for you." With that, Nadia pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang—"

A gunshot rang out, but the bullet didn't hit Theia. It hit Nadia.

Taking a bullet to the shoulder, she collapsed heavily to the floor, staring in the direction the shot came from.

A dark figure stood rigidly in the doorway.

Specter.

It was actually Specter.

"You—"

Nadia struggled for a moment before the agonizing pain caused her to black out.

"Juniper..."

Theia gasped in shock, almost believing she was hallucinating.

She never imagined she'd get to see her daughter one last time before she died.

"You again!"

Seeing Juniper, Corvus let out a dark sneer. "There are cameras everywhere. How did you get in here?"

"Through the front door."

Juniper held her gun steady, her eyes locked onto Theia's face.

When she saw the bomb strapped to her mother's chest, her brows furrowed deeply.

She knew this type of explosive. Its destructive power was catastrophic.

Once detonated, the entire villa would instantly collapse into dust.

"Juniper, run!"

Theia stared at her daughter through tear-blurred eyes, her voice raspy. "Mom won't be able to make it to your engagement party. I'm sorry."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Juniper's throat tightened, her eyes burning. "Corvus, all you want is the research, right? I'll give it to you. Let my mother go."

"Do not give it to him!"

Theia shouted firmly. "Two lives in exchange for the peace of countless others. Mom's death will be worth it."

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