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-"

bedroom door

...

to Gold Level, Mia and Leo got a full

Mia thought

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

exasperated, replied, "I'm still

towards the married

me?" Mia stuttered, caught off guard. "Just because

your

you remember what I told you the day

she remembered it very clearly. She had even felt

after a chance contact with her husband, where her hand accidentally brushed against that part of him, she started to doubt Leo's words. "What

him off, "What happens with my husband is for me to discuss, none of you

Jade's persistent questioning, Mia remained

by love. After that, he didn't

and gotten nowhere, Jade

got out of

white paint, the trio shared a

these?" Leo questioned, raising an

tad sheepishly, Mia responded, "I just grabbed a box

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

on portraying themselves as "natives". Using black 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 were done, they entered the elevator, aiming for the 3rd

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

keep warm, Leo, despite feeling cold

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

you came to our house, I've been reduced to a