Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 816

Juniper braced herself against the desktop, a sharp pain in her lower back making her grimace.

See? This is what happened when you trusted family. Her sister, yes. Her brother-in-law? Not a chance.

Then again, what brother-in-law? There was no brother-in-law. Not anymore.

So Warren had managed to figure out she was Specter. Impressive. He had some skills after all.

Warren held Celine close, his gaze like ice as he stared down at Juniper. He spoke each word with chilling precision. “The infamous Nocturne. Also known as Specter, the leader of Subterra Vanguard. You’re dating the leader of the Sigma Network. You came to Liberty Island for the same reason he did—for the A-N0 plant strain, didn’t you?”

Juniper listened quietly, not denying a thing.

“What in the hell did you do to Celine?” Warren’s composure finally cracked when he mentioned his wife. Why wasn’t she waking up?

With her back screaming in protest, Juniper couldn’t be bothered to respond to him.

“Watch him. And get the other doctors over here,” Warren ordered, his concern for Celine overriding his desire to confront Juniper for the moment.

“Yes.”

At Warren’s command, a team of men filed in, dozens of bodyguards who quickly surrounded Juniper. Specter of Subterra Vanguard… The name alone was enough to inspire terror. They couldn’t afford to be careless.

Juniper glanced at the arrogant goons surrounding her, guns raised, and let the corner of her mouth curl into a smirk. This was it? They weren’t even worthy of being her warm-up.

Unfortunately, she was exhausted today and had no interest in playing with them. He wanted to lock her up? Fine. It saved her the trouble of going back to her own place, only to have to come back here tomorrow.

As for the truth, she’d tell him after she’d gotten a good night’s sleep. It was only fair. She’d tried to snatch his herb, and he was locking her in a cell. That made them even.

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