Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1490

Mrs. Houston?

Lorelei's cheeks burned. This was the very first time she had ever heard Harold call her that.

"Do you know who pushed you?"

"Sienna."

"Why?"

"Because of Lawyer Garner," Lorelei answered honestly. "She told me to stay away from him and said a bunch of ridiculous things."

"What things?" Harold's pace slowed, his fingers tightening their grip on her hand.

"That the Garner family would never accept a discarded wife, and that I shouldn't harbor any delusions about Joel." Lorelei repeated the conversation word for word. "She likes him, so she treats me like the enemy."

"And you?"

Hearing this, Harold lifted his gaze, an unreadable emotion swimming in his eyes as he looked at her. "What do you think?"

What did that mean?

Lorelei analyzed the question carefully before answering seriously: "A woman like Sienna isn't good enough for Joel."

Joel was so kind and gentle. As for Sienna, calling her an evil witch wouldn't even be an exaggeration.

Harold stopped entirely, his dark eyes locked onto her with suffocating intensity.

Uh-oh.

Lorelei blinked. She shouldn't have praised Joel in front of Harold.

"Then what kind of woman do you think someone like me deserves?" Harold's gaze darkened significantly.

"Huh?"

Lorelei stayed quiet for a moment before replying, "You already know the answer. Why ask me?"

She knew full well she wasn't the one he wanted.

"I know perfectly well." Harold's eyes were bottomless, trapping her gaze. "What about you? Are you certain the person in your heart is the right match for you?"

"Harold, what are you trying to say?"

Lorelei paused, thoroughly baffled by the interrogation. "If you're warning me not to get any crazy ideas, I already know where I stand."

For Harold, he assumed she was talking about "Joel Garner."

"As long as you know." Harold's lips twitched, his voice dropping low and raspy. "Joel Garner isn't on the same path as you. You'd better kill that fantasy right now."

A man like Joel wasn't her match.

Her only match was him.

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