Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 313

Janet silently sat back down, watching the two men bicker like oil and water. She didn't dare say a word. “No wonder,” she thought. “Mr. Schwartz is quite a bit older than Juniper. Mr. Steele must not be happy about that.”

"Juniper!" Seeing her, Janet rushed over as if she'd been rescued.

"Let's eat," Juniper said, patting her head. "The test results are out today, right?"

The Eclara City school district was efficient; it only took two days to grade the exams and calculate the rankings.

"Yeah." Janet sat across from her, feeling a knot of nervousness in her stomach. She felt like she'd done well, but she wouldn't know for sure until she saw the scores.

"Eat first," Juniper said, and Janet moved to sit beside her.

Throughout the meal, Shanley was constantly putting food on Juniper's plate, so attentive he almost seemed to want to eat for her.

Seeing this, Melvin picked up an egg, peeled it, and placed it on Janet's plate. "Eat it while it's warm," he said softly.

Janet just stared at the egg, her fork and knife still.

"What's wrong?" Melvin asked nervously. He had been trying to imitate the old fox—peeling the egg gently, speaking softly. It seemed to work on his own sister.

"Melvin," Juniper said after finishing the egg Shanley had peeled for her. She swirled her orange juice. "Janet's allergic to eggs."

"...Is that so?" Melvin laughed awkwardly and picked up the milk carton. "Then..."

"Melvin," Juniper cut in again before he could finish. "Janet is also lactose intolerant. She can't drink milk."

Melvin froze, his face flushing then paling.

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