Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 469

"Beep... beep... beeeeeep—”

Just as they reached the door, the frantic, flatlining tone of the heart monitor echoed through the room.

"Juniper..." Janet's knees felt weak, and she instinctively looked to her cousin. "Is he... going to be okay?"

As much as she despised the Wilcox family and wanted nothing to do with this so-called grandfather, she had never wished for his death.

"Of course he's not okay," Juniper replied, patting Janet's head with a cool smile. "He was paralyzed from a stroke. It's a miracle he lasted this long on medication. He brought this upon himself."

Zorion's actions might have triggered the initial collapse, but it was the lack of proper care afterward—perhaps an intentional oversight by his younger son, Ezra, who was eager to take over—that had sealed his fate. But Orville had been tough, clinging to life until now.

"Let's go home." Juniper gestured with her chin and started walking, hands stuffed in her pockets.

"Okay." Janet glanced back at the hospital room one last time. Her ties to the Wilcox family were now completely severed. She hurried to catch up with Juniper.

...

On their way downstairs, a sharp cramp suddenly shot through Juniper's stomach, and a fine layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Juniper, are you alright?" Janet asked, worried by her sudden pale complexion.

"I'm fine," Juniper shook her head. As she was about to call a cab, her phone rang.

"Juniper." Shanley's gentle voice came through the line. "Is everything taken care of? I'm in the hospital parking garage."

"Yeah." Juniper didn't ask how he knew to be there; she just pressed the button for the lower level.

As the elevator doors opened, she scanned the garage and immediately spotted his car. Shanley, dressed in a black silk shirt with the top buttons undone, was leaning casually against the door, holding two milkshakes.

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