Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1828

"What do you want as your severance gift?"

Coralie arched an elegant brow, her smile lazy and bewitching. Radiant and commanding, she offered, "Mansions, luxury cars, shares, blank checks."

"Just say the word, and it's yours."

Channing pressed his lips into a thin line, keeping his head down and remaining completely silent.

"Speak."

Annoyed by his brooding silence, Coralie lightly kicked his thigh.

She hated it when he acted like this.

Normally, he was completely stoic, radiating a cold, untouchable aura to everyone else.

But in certain places, he would turn into an absolute, ravenous beast.

A complete hypocrite.

"Can I just... not leave?"

Channing caught her foot and placed it gently onto his lap.

He looked up at her, his eyes brimming with tears, the whites of his eyes a terrifying, bloodshot red. He pleaded in a fragile, broken voice, "I don't want anything. I just want to stay by your side."

In that moment, Channing looked like a delicate porcelain doll on the verge of shattering.

"As your bodyguard, your subordinate... even if you just need a dog at the casino that you can summon and dismiss at will, I'd do it willingly."

"Hiss—"

Coralie pursed her lips, drawing in a sharp, quiet breath.

This was exactly why she had taken him in to begin with—she had seen this broken, devastating look and her heart had momentarily softened.

Who knew it was so easy to invite the devil in, but impossible to kick him out?!

"You—"

Coralie bit her lip, just about to lecture him on his lack of self-respect.

Suddenly, her phone rang on the table.

"I'll get it." Channing picked it up, swiped to answer, and respectfully handed it to her. "My lady, it's the casino."

Coralie didn't take the phone, just leaned into the position and ordered, "Speak."

"Ms. Quill, someone is causing a massive scene at the casino." The subordinate's frantic voice spilled through the speaker. "It looks like they were sent by the rival casino next door. They won't stop looking for trouble."

Before Coralie could even react, Channing's eyes turned violently sharp.

What kind of suicidal idiot dared to interrupt her breakfast?

"Alright, I'm heading over now."

Coralie calmly set down her fork and stood up to grab her purse.

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