Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 609

Just as Shanley was wallowing in his melancholy, the closed door suddenly swung open again. Juniper had returned, walking straight up to him.

“Forget something?” Shanley asked.

His expression had returned to normal, but Juniper easily caught the flicker of disappointment in his eyes.

“Yeah.” Juniper stopped in front of him and gently bumped her shoulder against his. Tilting her head back, she looked up at him with a serious expression. “I forgot to say goodbye.”

The gloom in Shanley’s heart instantly evaporated. Excellent! He did have a place in her heart after all. He was satisfied.

“Message received,” Shanley said, lowering his head to rub his nose against hers, fighting the overwhelming urge to kiss her. “Goodbye, Juniper.”

But after she’d spoken, Juniper didn’t leave. She just stared intently at him. The next second, she stood on her tiptoes and planted a swift kiss on the corner of his mouth before quickly turning and dashing away.

By the time Shanley came to his senses, her scooter was long gone.

“Heh.” Touching the lingering warmth on his lips, Shanley couldn’t help but smile. This was the second time Juniper had initiated a kiss. If the first time was impulsive, this time she had been perfectly calm. The girl was falling more and more in love with him.

At that thought, Shanley laughed out loud, and at the same time, his body betrayed him with an involuntary reaction.

“Boss, the car is ready,” Felton said, respectfully, as he walked through the door.

“Hold on, I need a quick shower.” Shanley pressed his lips together and strode towards the bedroom.

A shower? Felton was thoroughly confused. He was sure the boss had already showered this morning. Had he remembered wrong?

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On her scooter, Juniper fanned her flushed cheeks and shook her head in annoyance.

When she arrived at the designated meeting spot, she spotted her classmates immediately. It wasn’t that she recognized their faces, but the hodgepodge of homemade banners and photos they were holding was impossible to miss.

Even more ridiculous, someone had somehow dug up a photo of her from a competition years ago, blown it up, and made it into a fan. In the picture, she was dressed in all black—black shirt, black hat, even a black mask. It was cringey enough to make her vision go dark just looking at it.

Pretending not to see it, Juniper averted her gaze. “Is everyone here?”

“All here!” Hattie replied. “We got here an hour early, just in case.”

Everyone was dying to know how they were supposed to get inside without any tickets.

Just then, Ferdinand and Yolanda walked toward them. They spotted the group, paused in surprise, and then broke into sneering smiles.

They couldn't get tickets, so the entire class decided to camp outside? How embarrassing!