Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

She jolted them awake. "Wakey wakey, we're heading to Majestic Dining Enclave for grub soon."

Molly rubbed her eyes and perked up quickly, tidying up her stuff and ready to leave.

Leo's car was still parked downstairs by the library. Andre was the designated driver for the crowd. He handed his phone to his wife. "Mia, give the manager at Majestic Dining Enclave a call, and get us a reservation." Mia took his phone and started dialing. Halfway there, Chad called in to check. "Molly, what's for lunch?"

"We're heading to Majestic Dining Enclave. Have you eaten, bro?"

Chad replied, "I'm having a meal right now."

Back at the restaurant, everyone chuckled as they saw Chad stepping out for another call. "We're all dying to meet Officer Chad's girlfriend."

"I caught a glimpse of Officer Chad's phone wallpaper yesterday. There's a girl in a pink dress, probably his girlfriend. She's quite a looker; no wonder Chad's keeping her away from us."

"I saw Officer Chad calling his girlfriend this morning, waking her up. At the hotel's restaurant, he spent as much time chatting with her as he did eating breakfast."

The chatter among the police officers turned to Chad. "Officer Chad is the youngest among us, isn't he?"

"Yep, he's only 26 and already making a name for himself. The bosses have taken notice, and he might get a promotion when we get back."

Someone joked, "Let's not get carried away. We're here for a meeting."

Not long after, Chad returned to the room, clearly in high spirits from his call.

"Chad, when are you getting engaged? Don't forget to invite us to your wedding!" The local police chief laughed.

Chad thought of the woman at home, and a bitter smile crossed his face. Him and her? He wasn't even sure if they could stay together.

be a

seeing someone as a sibling to a lover after learning about their

no idea about her

thought, that if he told her, she might have been scared away from the Byrne family or avoided him even

for 15 years was a tall order. Chad

colleague asked him, "What,

I have some thoughts on the counterfeit money case the chief

deliberately deflected, avoiding talking

of Kendrick's friends was also at the meeting,

friend had heard about Chad's beautiful girlfriend, but it seemed that the Byrne family's parents didn't approve. In the evening, the friend called Mr. Kendrick. "Mr. Kendrick, why aren't you

patiently explained, "Chad is 26 now, t5about time he settled down. He's really into this girl, why won't you guys accept it? His wife will be the one spending the rest of her life with Chad, not you."

quite pretty, and they're very close, always

was still

me?" The friend asked, not hearing

you." But he had no

clarified his relationship with Chad. "Chad didn't ask me to tell you this, he doesn't know that

asked, "Who is my

"Huh? You don't know?"

Byrne, who was

does our son have

widened her eyes in surprise. "Didn't he say he was waiting till he's

so you guys didn't know about your son's girlfriend? That means I... oh man, I've really stuck my foot in my mouth this time!" The friend regretted his loose lips. Mr. Kendrick asked, "What's my son's girlfriend's

replied, "I don't know her name. She's the girl in the dress on Chad's phone wallpaper. I heard about her from some colleagues at lunch today, but I've never actually

"Alright, I know who you're talking