Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 507

“And you’d have to call me that, you know.”

“Deal.” Shanley’s body tensed for a moment before he broke into a laugh. “As long as I can be with Juniper, I’ll call you whatever you want.”

“Well, you’d better step up your game,” Jimmie said lightly. “Juniper starts school soon, and I hear Eclara University has no shortage of handsome guys…”

“I know.” Shanley’s lips pressed into a thin line, a dark glint in his eyes. “I’ll be on my best behavior.”

He had no intention of giving any of those other guys a chance.

Downstairs in the living room, Juniper was lounging on the sofa, playing a game with Luella Langley. They chatted as they played.

Luella: [Got a gift for Shanley’s birthday?]

Juniper: [Yep.]

Luella: [Tsk, an old man of 28. But what’s with him? Does he think he can just skip all the steps and carry the princess away?]

Juniper’s fingers, which had been flying across the screen, paused for a fraction of a second when she read Luella’s message.

That was true. She’d forgotten about that. Shanley hadn't actually confessed his feelings to her yet.

Luella: [Oh, Juniper, Juniper. Right now, I really wish you had terrible eyesight.]

Juniper: [Huh?]

Luella: [So you wouldn’t be so easily charmed by a handsome face!]

Juniper: [I wasn't!]

(It was a very unconvincing denial, even to herself.)

Luella: [If Shanley ever dares to treat you poorly, we’ll see what the several hundred long-range cannons at the Subterra Vanguard base have to say about it!]

Juniper’s lips twitched as she typed back a lazy reply: [Fine. If that day ever comes, I won’t stop you.]

Luella: [??? You’d let me?]

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