Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 290

Juniper rolled her eyes at his meaningful smile. A billion for one tittle? Tsk. Men who’ve never been in love are so easy to fool.

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It was ten o’clock on a weekend night.

After eating her fill, Juniper sat at her desk, yawning as she held her pen. She fidgeted, rearranging things on her desk, and kept glancing towards the bathroom door. What’s taking him so long?

Just as she was about to doze off, the bathroom door creaked open. Shanley emerged, wearing a bathrobe, his hair still damp.

“Towel.” Juniper immediately shot up from her chair and walked over to him, towel in hand.

“Thanks, Juniper.” Shanley looked up and saw the girl staring at him intently, a faint smile playing on his lips. So that’s where the towel had gone; no wonder he couldn’t find it.

“You’re welcome.” Juniper’s brow arched lazily. “One good turn deserves another, right? I hand you a towel, and you help me with my homework. That’s fair, isn’t it?”

With exams approaching, every teacher was in overdrive, assigning test after test in a relentless barrage of practice. This weekend was no different; she had returned with a stack of papers, including an essay for literature. Between finding her family and dealing with Jimmie’s music video, Juniper hadn’t had a spare moment to work on them.

Shanley, who had been drying his hair, froze. A slow, amused smile spread across his face. So that was her game. All this sudden helpfulness was just a prelude to this.

“Thanks,” Juniper said, pressing the pen into his hand before he could refuse. She gave him a fake smile. “I’m going to bed. Good night.”

With that, she expertly climbed onto Shanley’s bed and closed her eyes, already looking half-asleep.

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