Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1306

She looked down, realizing she was straddling him, planted squarely between his thighs.

Uh.

So that meant the thing she just landed on was...

Snapping back to reality, she immediately tried to scramble off, apologizing profusely. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"

"Don't move!"

Jimmie let out a muffled groan, his large hands clamping down on her waist to stop her squirming, a raspy sound escaping his throat.

Her entire body went rigid. She stared at his handsome, pained expression, her eyes filled with guilt and confusion.

"What rank is that man?" He leaned back into the sofa, keeping a firm grip on her waist with one hand while his dark eyes locked onto her face. "He doesn't even look that great. What do you see in him?"

"What rank?"

She was utterly bewildered, struggling weakly against his hold. "Are you talking about... Richard?"

"Your mentor?" He narrowed his eyes.

"Yeah." She nodded honestly. "He's a mentor to Juniper and me back at Subterra Vanguard. Ranked fourth."

"Not your lover?"

The tension in his shoulders melted slightly, the corner of his mouth ticking upward imperceptibly.

"Lover?"

She stared at him like he was speaking a foreign language. She shoved hard at his shoulders, trying to break free. "You're crazy."

She had barely put an inch of space between them before he yanked her right back.

Exasperated, she snapped, "What exactly is your problem?"

"Besides him, how many other lovers do you have?" He held her firmly in place, a flicker of irritation lacing his tone.

"What does that have to do with you?"

She didn't understand why he was acting so unhinged. She fought against his grip. "Let me go right now, or I'm not going to hold back!"

If he wasn't a recovering patient, she would have kicked him across the room by now.

"Of course it has to do with me!"

He held her down desperately, his eyes tinged with red, looking utterly tormented and helpless. "Because you..."

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