Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 448

“The will?” Janet shot up from the sofa, her eyes wide with surprise. “Juniper, what will?”

“Here.” Juniper handed her phone to Janet, showing her the information she’d just found. “Orville left you two-thirds of the family assets. By my calculation, that’s worth a few hundred million.”

A few hundred… million? Janet stared at the phone, completely stunned. Had the world gone mad? Since when did her life involve figures with that many zeros? She thought Orville hated her and her mother. Why would he…

“Guilt,” Juniper explained, sucking on a lollipop. “First, you’re brilliant, and Orville thinks you can bring honor to the Wilcox name. Second, he feels guilty about your father and wants to ease his conscience. And third, after being sick for so many years, his mind isn’t what it used to be.”

Janet listened, her feelings a tangled mess.

“Do you want it?” Juniper asked, her gaze fixed on Janet’s face. “Just say the word, and I won’t just get you the inheritance, I’ll hand you the entire Wilcox family on a platter.”

Zorion was the eldest son. Janet was the legitimate heiress of the Wilcox family. No one else had any right to challenge her claim.

“No.” Janet answered without hesitation, a weary smile on her face. “We may be poor, but we have our pride. If I could, I’d trade all that money to have my father’s name cleared, and to get justice and restore my mother’s honor.”

“Good.” After hearing her out, Juniper squeezed her cheek in approval. “That’s my Janet. You’ve got integrity.”

“However,” Juniper paused for a second, “you need to make the Wilcoxes think you want it.”

“Huh?” Janet didn’t understand.

“A cornered animal will do something desperate,” Juniper explained calmly. “The car accident that killed Ms. Miller’s boyfriend, and even your father’s accident… I doubt they were entirely accidental.”

“Juniper, are you saying…” Janet’s eyes instantly reddened with disbelief.

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