Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1329

With that.

She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss to the corner of his mouth. "Go. Don't miss your flight."

The elevator doors closed, taking him down.

Luella stood alone in the hallway, staring down at the ring, a bright, unstoppable smile plastered across her face.

Until a voice chimed in from behind her.

"Boss, didn't make it home last night, huh?" The hotel manager walked over, his eyes immediately locking onto her hand. His jaw practically unhinged. "Is that an engagement ring? You two move fast!"

"Is there a problem?" Luella quickly hid her hand behind her back, dropping her smile and glaring at him. "Not a word of this to anyone, you hear me?"

"I wouldn't dare!" The manager laughed nervously. "But honestly, you've got great taste. This Jimmie Tate is top-tier."

"Obviously."

Luella smirked, her ego sufficiently stroked. "I don't settle for trash."

"But... can you two actually get married?" The manager suddenly looked genuinely concerned.

Given both of their incredibly complicated, high-profile identities, it seemed impossible.

Luella didn't answer.

Before Jimmie, the concept of marriage had literally never crossed her mind.

But after last night... and looking at this ring...

She suddenly felt like marrying him and building a life together actually sounded pretty amazing.

When you know, you know.

"Yeah, we will."

Luella looked back at the manager with a soft smile. "It's just a matter of time."

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At the Executive Residence.

As soon as Luella walked through the door, her phone rang. It was Juniper Payne.

"I sent what you asked for to your email."

Thousands of miles away, Juniper was lounging on the sofa, lazily snacking on fruit while watching the man sitting at the coffee table, diligently doing her homework for her. She was in a great mood.

"That garbage father of yours has a lot of skeletons in his closet."

"Didn't you say it would take time to dig this up?" Luella quickly fired up her laptop and opened the email.

Luella instinctively reached up to touch her new ring, suddenly stammering. "Yeah, well, our situation is... complicated. Hard to explain over the phone."

It wasn't a total lie, but it left her a way out for later.

Thinking about the future.

Luella was actually kind of excited to hear Juniper call her 'Sister-in-law'.

"Fine, I can't control what you guys do anyway," Juniper clicked her tongue, offering a warning. "But knowing my brother, he doesn't let things go easily. Watch your back."

"Okay."

Luella caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror, her eyes briefly landing on a very aggressive, highly visible bite mark on her collarbone.

"And you—"

Juniper's tone sharpened. "If you really plan on cutting ties with him, keep your eyes in check. That face of his is dangerous. I'm worried you won't be able to resist."

Luella bit her lip.

It was too late. She had completely failed to control her eyes.

She was just a young woman! She followed the law, didn't murder anyone, didn't set fires... was it really a crime to be easily swayed by a gorgeous man?!