Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1206

"Marry… marry…"

Theia sat frozen, her red-rimmed eyes staring at her youngest daughter in sheer disbelief.

From the time they had spent with him recently, they knew Shanley was a remarkable young man. However, they had no idea what their dynamic was like behind closed doors.

Furthermore, they had been reunited with their daughter for less than half an hour, and she was already dropping the marriage bomb.

It was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky.

"Juniper, are you saying you want to marry Shanley?" Theia asked, her voice trembling slightly.

Silas's eyes were equally wide, staring at her in shock. He had the unmistakable look of a father realizing his precious daughter was about to be snatched away.

"Yes." Juniper faced her parents, articulating each word with unwavering conviction. "I've decided he's the one. I'm only marrying him."

"But honey, haven't you only been together—or fighting—for a year and a half?" Theia wasn't trying to stop her daughter from finding happiness; she just wanted to understand. Marriage wasn't a game, and she was terrified of Juniper getting hurt.

"We've been at each other's throats for over a year…" Juniper rested her chin on her hand, her clear eyes crinkling into a beautiful arc, a faint smile playing on her lips. "But if you really look at it, we've known each other much longer than that."

They really had crossed paths quite a few times over the years.

Hearing this, Theia's heart gave a nervous flutter.

Jimmie had filled her in on their "enemies-to-lovers" phase. They had genuinely tried to destroy each other. Word on the street was they had nearly killed each other on multiple occasions. If things had gone just slightly differently, she wouldn't even have her daughter right now.

But to go from trying to kill each other to wanting to get married? It was difficult for a normal person to process.

She had asked her other children about it. Her older kids refrained from commenting, but Melvin had offered his unfiltered opinion:

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