Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1238

Sometime later, Luella woke up groggy and disoriented. She blinked at Jimmie, who was scrolling on his phone.

"How long have we been here? Why didn't you wake me up?" Luella stretched, tilting her head back and exposing her long, elegant neck.

"How do you know I didn't try?" Jimmie locked his phone, glaring at her with feigned irritation. "You sleep like the dead. I couldn't wake you."

"I—" Luella's legendary temper flared, but remembering that Jimmie had done her a favor, she swallowed the insult.

"Thanks," she muttered, unbuckling her seatbelt and stepping out of the car.

She paused, turned back, and pulled a crisp $500 bill from her pocket, tossing it onto the passenger seat.

"Thanks for the ride, Mr. Famous Actor. Keep the change and buy yourself a coffee."

"?" Jimmie stared at the money, then up at the smug, grinning "man," genuinely questioning his reality.

Did she just treat him like a chauffeur?!

"Listen here, you—" Jimmie began, his voice dropping to a dangerous chill. But before he could finish, Luella had already sprinted into the apartment building.

Calling her a pig? No one got away with insulting her!

"Don't let me catch you again!" Jimmie slammed a hand against the steering wheel, threatening the empty air in absolute fury.

The only response was the wind and the glaringly bright $500 bill.

***

Back at the rooftop garden.

While finally eating her dinner, Juniper admired the ring on her hand.

The band wasn't a standard circle, nor did it have an absurdly massive diamond. Instead, the band was styled like delicate, intertwining vines. Nestled among the vines was an exquisitely crafted rose, with a brilliant, stunning diamond sitting at its core.

"Did you design this?" Juniper asked, glancing up.

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