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.

might be a

real brother. No one could just switch from seeing someone as a sibling to a lover after learning about their true relationship. He had tried to remind her, but she never

idea about her own

that if he told her, she might have been scared away from

accept him and change the image of him she had for 15 years was

asked him, "What, your

his parents and shook his head. "Let's talk about the future later. I have some thoughts on the

deliberately deflected, avoiding talking about his

Kendrick's friends was also at the

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

"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,

is quite pretty, and they're very close, always together. We can't stand in the way

was still baffled.

are you hearing me?" The

"I heard you." But he had no idea what was

this, he doesn't know that I know. I just thought

"Who is my son's

"Huh? You don't know?"

Byrne, who was equally puzzled. "What's

does our son have

"Didn't he say he was waiting till he's 30 to get married? He

it. "Oh, 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

"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

"Alright, I