Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1824

Meanwhile.

Coralie pulled her car over onto a quiet, secluded street.

She put it in park.

Opening the purse on the passenger seat, she pulled out a small pill bottle.

She tipped a single white pill into her hand and swallowed it dry.

It took several minutes.

The violent trembling and the suffocating sensation of impending death finally began to recede.

Coralie leaned back against the leather seat. There was not a single trace of her usual carefree, spirited demeanor left on her face.

There was only agony, inner turmoil, and the deadened numbness of someone who had been tortured countless times.

—

Late at night.

Coralie arrived back at her residence in Caelus, carelessly kicking off her stilettos by the door.

Her coat and bag were unceremoniously tossed onto the sofa.

Barefoot, she padded over to the liquor cabinet and poured herself a glass of red wine.

Just as she was taking a relaxing sip, she heard movement behind her.

Coralie turned and saw Channing. He had clearly just stepped out of the shower—shirtless, his deep, dark eyes fixed intently on her.

"?"

Coralie's gaze swept over his flawless, perfectly sculpted abs before rising to a face that was handsome without a single defect.

Utterly pleasing to the eye.

She stopped swirling her wine and arched an eyebrow. "When did you get back? Are you done with the Africa project already?"

The workload she had assigned him should have taken at least two months.

How long had he been gone? Two weeks?

"It's finished."

Channing answered softly. Even facing her obvious disdain, he showed not a shred of displeasure.

He crouched down to straighten the high heels she had haphazardly kicked off.

Then, picking up her comfortable slippers, he walked over to her and gently guided them onto her feet.

Smack—

Coralie frowned, kicking the slippers away with a terrible temper. "Finished? You'd better not be half-assing my work, Channing."

"You can check the reports." Channing took hold of her slender ankle and gently placed her foot back into the slipper.

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