Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1867

Ever since he was a little boy, Channing had always worn an icy, unapproachable expression.

You could count the number of times he smiled in a year on one hand.

But when they returned from the orphanage that day, he had been visibly happy for a long time.

That was why the memory stuck out so vividly in his mind.

"That's when I met her." Whenever Coralie was mentioned, Channing's gaze and tone subconsciously softened.

Back then, his parents had just had a vicious argument, and his father had taken his foul mood out on him.

When his grandfather found out, he took Channing to the orphanage to get him away from the house and cheer him up.

He wasn't used to such noisy, crowded environments, so he had sneaked off to a quiet corner, silently shedding tears.

And then.

A little girl in patched-up clothes, covered in bruises but as beautiful as a porcelain doll, had appeared.

Like an angel straight out of a fairy tale, she suddenly stood before him.

"Are you new here too?" Coralie had asked timidly, staring at him. "Are you crying? Is it because you're hungry? I have some flatbread... you can have it."

The flatbread already had a bite taken out of it.

She had planned to save the rest in case she got hungry later that night.

Channing didn't take it. Instead, he backed away several steps, glaring at her with intense hostility and guardedness.

Growing up, aside from his grandfather, not a single person had ever treated him with an ounce of care.

His parents, the maids, the staff—they all looked right through him.

At the time, he firmly believed that everyone in the world, excluding his grandfather, was evil.

Seeing his reaction, Coralie didn't try to get any closer. She simply set the flatbread down on the ground and quietly walked away.

It was only later that he found out.

Coralie was part of the very first group of orphans admitted to the orphanage that day.

Ari Lowell was in the second group.

So.

He was the one who had met her first.

After that...

He frequently sneaked over to the orphanage to watch her from afar, secretly having the staff give her things.

Seeing her play so happily with Ari made him fiercely jealous.

He wanted to play with her, too.

But there were too many eyes watching his every move.

Especially Zachary's.

Bolstered by their parents' blatant favoritism, his older brother tormented him relentlessly.

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