Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1284

A girl? Catch his eye?

Clark's words hit him like a bucket of ice water, snapping him fully awake.

If that was what it meant to like someone... then the fact that he hadn't been able to stop thinking about Luella for the past two weeks meant he liked her?

How could he possibly have feelings for Luella?

He was attracted to... a man?!

"Mr. Tate? Are you still there?" Clark asked tentatively.

"I'm fine." Jimmie hung up the phone and pulled over to the side of the road, taking a deep breath to steady his racing thoughts.

No. It couldn't be. He was just exhausted from work, and his brain was playing tricks on him. Plus, she had risked her life to save him. It was just gratitude.

Exactly. It was just deep, overwhelming gratitude. Nothing more.

Having successfully convinced himself, Jimmie exhaled a long breath and pulled back onto the road.

When he finally got out of the car, something caught his eye on the passenger seat. A small red earring.

If he wasn't mistaken, it was the exact one Luella always wore on her left ear.

He scooped it up, planning to hand it over along with the car tomorrow.

The next day, Juniper headed straight to the medical department after her regular classes.

It was time for the pop quiz. She sat calmly at her desk with a single pen, waiting for the test papers.

"I heard this one is brutal," a student nearby muttered. "Professor Dawson said it'd be a miracle if anyone even passes."

"There aren't many questions, but the difficulty is insane. If you get stuck, you're looking at a zero."

"Come on, we're not going to get a zero. We've been studying medicine for years."

"Speak for yourself! Some people might not be so lucky."

Juniper casually leaned against the wall, playing a game on her phone, hearing every word. She didn't know who "some people" referred to, but she was pretty sure it wasn't her.

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