Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

"Molly, how are you feeling?" Coleen asked gently, sitting beside her daughter's bed. Her eyes were filled with concern. "Where's Chad?" Molly's first thought upon waking was of Chad.

Soon enough, Chad approached. His expression was stern and his hands were clasped behind his back. "What's up?" "I want to report a crime," replied Molly.

...

Mia and Leo went towards Andre, laying out their entire plan in full.

"What would you do if I didn't show up, Mia?" Andre asked. His face was dark with anger.

"I would run," Mia replied tearfully.

"You think you could outrun him, in your condition?" Andre retorted sharply, making Mia's tears fall faster.

"I'd never let her get hurt," Leo tried to assure him.

"Shut up!" Andre snapped at his nephew. "I told you all to stay away from Tom. And now look at Molly, lying in a hospital bed."

"Stand out there!" Andre ordered, determined to discipline the group.

His gaze softened slightly as he looked at Mia, who was still crying. But he didn't hold back on his words. "Especially you, Mia. You think you're some kind of heroine? If you were the one in that hospital bed, you'd regret it for the rest of your life." Hearing this, Mia bit her lip to stop the tears from overflowing, but to no avail.

Leo felt pity for her as he heard her crying for the first time in such way. He glanced at his fuming uncle, whom he truly angered this time.

left the two and headed to the patient room. A pregnant woman and a young man were left at the entrance,

in the hallway were whispering secretly, about Andre chastising his wife and she

of many doctors and nurses, who

lowered, "It's not your fault. If it weren't for my aunt and I dragging you in, you wouldn't have

head bowed. Her hands were behind her back, just

us in the beginning, but we insisted on dragging

with a heavy nasal voice, "But I still ended up giving you

sorry for Jade. You wanted to help her." Leo tried to ease Mia's guilt. But he realized that his words were not getting through to Mia as she only cared about what Andre had to say. Leo looked at his uncle, whose anger was palpable. "Stop crying, Mia. It's not

lingered. "If

admitted Leo, staring at the ceiling of the hospital

...

the room, Molly told Chad, "I remember. Sixteen years ago, it was Finley and Tom who kidnapped me and Andre. And I remember the reef in the sea which

her phone and played a recording.

of the Cedillo family listened. Their faces were turning

Coleen were more concerned about their daughter's well-being

you met with

her memory and. If she failed that, she could use the recording to prove Tom's guilt. But she had remembered everything, and also gained audio evidence. To her, it was worth the punch she took. "Sixteen

the crime. The investigation revealed that Anthony's car accident was caused by his high blood-alcohol level, but Finley demanded Bruce's son to

came to kidnap Leo, Andre risked his life to protect his nephew. But his beloved sister was taken instead. He willingly followed the kidnappers