Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1769

“Phones have recording features. I'm going to clip that and set it as my ringtone.”

Ebony Fox's smile completely vanished as her face fell. “I dare you to try it.”

Kurt went dead silent. He was just talking a big game. He absolutely wouldn't dare.

Besides, a confession this intimate... he was definitely going to save it and keep it entirely to himself.

“Everything back home is already handled, and whatever is left isn't a big deal. Just focus on your work,”

Ebony Fox said softly.

“You didn't tell me because you were afraid I'd drop everything and ruin my project to fly back?”

Kurt finally realized her reasoning, his brow furrowing deeply. “Ebony Fox, no job is more important than you. I swear.”

“I know that,” Ebony Fox replied calmly. “But I had it under control. You flying back would have just been totally unnecessary.”

“Kurt, I know exactly how you feel.”

“But I also want you to succeed. I want you to achieve something massive to prove yourself to your family.”

“Or what, do you want them to think I'm some pathetic trophy girlfriend who drags down your career and relies entirely on a man to fight her battles?”

“Of course not.”

Finally understanding the depths of her intentions, Kurt's eyes burned, his voice turning ragged. “Ebony Fox, I love you. I really, truly love you.”

“I heard you.”

Ebony Fox absentmindedly played with a small fox trinket on her desk, the corners of her mouth curling into a smile. “Do your job well. I'll be waiting for you to come home.”

“Don't worry, I promise I'll get it done,” Kurt answered with absolute certainty. “Wait for me.”

“Okay.”

Ebony Fox agreed, ending the call. She looked up at the ceiling and let out a long sigh.

He was literally like a toddler.

So exhausting to manage.

——

After ending the call,

Kurt didn't immediately go back to work. Instead, he dialed Shanley's number.

“Shanley, how could you keep what happened to Ebony Fox from me?”

Shanley got violently annoyed and simply hung up on him.

*Tch.*

He didn't have the balls to ask his own girlfriend, so he decided to harass his older brother instead?

Excuse me?

Had his status in this family genuinely fallen so low that even a punk like Kurt felt comfortable disrespecting him?!

Clearly.

He was going to have to re-establish his absolute dominance as the head of the household, otherwise—

Shanley stood up abruptly, straightening his shirt. “I need to—”

The bedroom door suddenly swung open, and Juniper stared at him blankly. “You need to what?”

Shanley: *Re-establish my dominance as the head of the household* (he whispered quietly in his own mind).

“Nothing.”

Shanley pulled his lips into a flawless smile, dragging his wife into his lap. He kissed her cheek, his tone dripping with sickening adoration. “Do you want some grapes? I'll peel them for you.”