Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1986

Hearing the voice, Coralie lifted her gaze toward the entrance.

She saw a man dressed in a wildly expensive bespoke suit. His posture was rigid and proud, radiating the overwhelming, suffocating aura of an absolute ruler.

Looking higher, past the mask, her eyes locked onto a pair of dark, unfathomable eyes that mirrored a bottomless abyss.

In a fraction of a second, an overwhelmingly intense wave of familiarity crashed over her.

This silhouette...

This voice...

These eyes...

Without her even realizing it, the man standing before her perfectly overlapped with the person she had been thinking about constantly.

Lucian Rhodes.

Channing Irving.

Coralie stared unblinkingly at the "Governor" as a terrifying realization began to bloom in her mind.

Was it just a coincidence, or...

Channing Irving *was* Lucian Rhodes, the Governor of Caelus.

How her casino had miraculously dodged countless shadowy attacks, how she had so easily secured a meeting with the Governor, how smoothly she had acquired Lot 5...

*Heh.*

She should have realized it much sooner. She should have known!

A loud ringing echoed in Coralie's ears, and her brain completely short-circuited.

The eyes of every single person in the room darted wildly between her and the Governor, their faces painted with utter disbelief.

"The Governor just said he's the father. But Coralie just said the father is Channing Irving. Who's telling the truth?!"

"Just how loose is Coralie? She can't even keep the father of her own baby straight!"

"The Governor can have any woman he wants. How could he possibly be interested in her?"

"The distinguished ruler of an entire state, getting caught up in a scandal like this..."

"Where is Channing Irving? Can someone get a hold of him?!"

At that exact moment.

In the VIP lounge next door, Zachary was staring intently at the live surveillance feed, the triumphant smirk on his lips growing wider by the second.

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