Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

On the car.

Without any prior agreement, both Mia and Leo clapped in unison for Jade who was sitting at the back.

Mia asked, "Jade, are you a silver-tongued devil or what?"

With an air of arrogance, Jade fluffed her bangs and smirked. "Hmph, I already planned to expose that bastard when I heard about it from Chad last night. I'd be a sinner if I helped him cover up such shocking news. And that ungrateful jerk actually had the guts to ask me out today. Like I, Jade, would ever fall for such a bad guy."

Leo curiously asked, "Jade, how did you know about the hourly hotel room and his... short performance?"

"My brother let it slip when he was cussing him out yesterday, and I overheard it," Jade confessed, looking at her friends innocently.

Last night, in Jade's room.

She was sitting cross-legged on the bed, a pillow on her lap, arms resting on the pillow, hands propping up her cheeks, listening to her brother's rant.

Suddenly, Chad revealed that Eaton didn't last long in the hourly hotel room. Jade's eyes lit up. She asked curiously, "Chad, are you saying he's bad in bed?"

Chad lightly tapped Jade's forehead, admonishing her, "What on earth is in that head of yours?"

After that, Jade was relentless, following Chad from her room to his, sitting on his bed, pestering him nonstop.

With curious eyes, she asked, "Chad, if he's that bad, what's so attractive about him?"

At that moment, Chad wished he could smack her out of the room.

He was her brother, not her boyfriend! How could he answer that!

So, Chad wrapped Jade in a blanket and threw her back into her room. "Chad-"

shut his bedroom door and locked

...

Mia and Leo got a full

hearing it, Mia thought Jade was quite a

is normal for you guys? Is what they write in novels true, that you

exasperated, replied, "I'm still single, how would I

both of them turned towards the married

stuttered, caught off guard.

ask your

what I told you the day we

very clearly. She

where her hand accidentally brushed against that part of him, she started to doubt Leo's words.

me to discuss, none of you are allowed in on this." "What's going on with your husband? Just this morning you were blaming him. Why are you protecting

questioning, Mia

blinded by love. After that, he didn't say another

for so long and gotten nowhere, Jade complained, "What a waste of

phone, they got out of the car and

cans of red, black, and white paint, the trio shared a

you get these?"

tad sheepishly, Mia responded, "I just grabbed

one of us could be Batman, another a ninja, and the third Spider-Man. We'd

as the primary shade to mask their identities, they accented with red and white stripes. And thus, their makeshift "native" disguises came to life. Later, their car halted before a hotel. Once the check-in formalities

basement level, they cautiously stepped out into the dim ambiance. Sparse lighting from lamps barely cut through the shadows. Fall was setting in above ground, but the chill was more pronounced

feeling cold himself,

the man behind her with gratitude, "Young man, my care for you at home wasn't in

to our house, I've been reduced