Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Hansen knew all too well that he was just engaging in a harmless banter with his daughter-in-law, yet he willingly played along. He was fully aware, but chose to feign ignorance due to the joy it brought him. Molly's workload suddenly spiked at the office one day. She asked her manager, "Excuse me, I was wondering if you have made a mistake in distributing the tasks?"

The manager responded, "Miss, these are all your tasks. The CEO made it clear that you can't leave until they're all done."

Molly grimaced at the mountain of paperwork before her, feeling as though life had delivered a sucker punch. Her colleagues, however, seemed to have a lighter workload.

To prevent Molly from slacking off, the manager instructed, "The CEO ordered that no one is allowed to help you. Anyone who does will be fired."

This statement deterred any colleagues who might have wanted to lend Molly a hand. Hence, Molly had to work and grumble simultaneously.

The second day at work, she received a pile of tasks, keeping her so busy that she didn't have a chance to touch her phone all morning. She was constantly working on documents on her computer and making offline adjustments. By lunchtime, Molly had yet to finish her tasks.

The manager called her for lunch, but she gazed at her computer and said, "In a bit, you guys go ahead."

Before she knew it, everyone else had returned from lunch, and Molly was still sifting through documents.

"Molly, why don't you grab a sandwich from the café downstairs?" suggested a colleague. "The cafeteria is probably out of food by now."

Molly glanced at the half-completed stack of paperwork and called her father with a pitiful expression.

Kendrick had just finished an outdoor inspection with his colleagues and was dining at a random restaurant. As they were discussing pollution in the local river, his beloved daughter's call came in.

With a doting smile, Kendrick answered, "Hello, darling?"

"Dad, did you piss off your wife? She's taking it out on your precious daughter." Molly anxiously glanced at the remaining half of her paperwork.

Kendrick chuckled, "I didn't upset your mother. Did you do something to upset her?"

this morning. She was nice to me then, but a while later, she gave me a mountain of work. I've been

pang of sympathy. "Go have lunch right

is out of

stepped outside. "What

eaten?" Molly asked, always caring for her father

eat anytime. What do you feel

behaved like a child who craved her father's affection in front of him, but she

on PayPal. Order something nice to eat,

word, Kendrick transferred $500 to his daughter's account, an amount equivalent to her monthly

wife, "Coleen,

Why hasn't she

whether I'd upset you, leading you to pile her

work.

a sweet-and-sour pork, and some rice, to be delivered to

looked on with envy. She was the darling of the family, cherished

heads, "You can eat in the break

was about to

seeing her mother, Molly felt

her, "Haven't

all this work, and you saying I can't leave until it's

day's workload. Who told you

know you meant I couldn't go home for the day? Could you not have just told me I can't leave the office?" "Hey, you're

would I know what a

naivety. She took Molly's hand, "Come on, let's go have lunch in my office. Your father always boasts about how smart his little

led away by her mother, leaving her colleagues