Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 450

Dana was still confused, but if Mr. Schwartz said so, she felt a little more at ease.

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After hanging up, Shanley turned to Felton. “How are the arrangements for protecting Saskia and Janet?”

“All set, sir. However…” Felton hesitated for a moment. “Mr. Steele’s men joined in unexpectedly.”

“Melvin?” Shanley looked up, his voice deepening.

“Yes, sir.”

“Fine,” Shanley said with a faint smile. “Don’t worry about his people. Just make sure ours are on their toes.”

“Yes, sir,” Felton nodded respectfully.

Just as he finished his report, Shanley’s phone rang. Seeing the caller ID, he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Grandma.”

“So, how is it going?” Hannah asked impatiently as soon as he answered. “Has Juniper agreed to go out with you yet?”

He had said he was waiting because she was still in school and it felt inappropriate. But the exams were over now, so what was the hold-up?

Shanley pinched the bridge of his nose again, replying wearily, “I haven’t found the right moment to ask.”

“What?” Hannah’s voice shot up several decibels. “Shanley, can you please get your act together?

School is about to start, and once Juniper is on campus, she’ll be surrounded by handsome, energetic young men.”

“And you?” Hannah continued, her words firing like a machine gun. “You’ll be twenty-eight soon. If I were her, and I had to choose between you and a younger guy, I’d definitely pick the younger guy.”

“How could Janet know about the will?”

“She knows about the will?” Trent's father, Ezra, shot to his feet. After reading the text, his expression hardened. “My father must have lost his mind, leaving two-thirds of the family fortune to an illegitimate child.”

“It looks like…” Ezra sank back into his chair, a murderous glint in his eyes. “She plans to fight us for the inheritance.”

Her father had already been disowned, and it wasn't even certain if Janet was a true Wilcox.

“Trent, your grandfather’s health is failing,” Ezra said coldly. “Your original plan isn't going to work anymore.”

The initial idea was to trick Janet into returning to the Wilcox family before she turned eighteen. As her guardian, Ezra could then legally transfer the inheritance to his own name.

But now… if they couldn’t solve the problem, they had to eliminate the person causing it.