Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Molly yanked her hands out of Chad's grasp.

Her mother, Coleen, fixed her with a stern look. "What's going on here?"

"It's not true!" Molly burst out.

But everyone else seemed to disagree. Chad chimed in, "Over the summer."

Vivian wasn't having it. "No way. Just a few days ago, Molly told me it was just sibling stuff between you two."

Jade was fuming. Vivian was trying to break up her and Chad, and now she was almost forced into marrying him.

Vivian turned to Molly. "You can't be with Chad. You're siblings; it's not right."

Jade snapped, "So, we can't be together, but you can? Aren't you just after our family's money? You're not even blood-related, and neither am I. If it's about who's closer, it's me and my mom. And now you're trying to mess with my family here on my turf? Vivian, if you had no brains to begin with, why compete with a pig for its intellect?"

Molly sighed. "I've seen people sabotage others, but never someone as dumb as you, Vivian. You ended up screwing yourself over, and dragged me down with you."

She regretted sending those photos to provoke Vivian yesterday. How could she have known they'd end up causing her such trouble with Chad?

Coleen questioned her daughter, "So, is there something going on between you and Chad?"

Molly looked her mother in the eye and said, "No."

But Chad countered, "Mom, you saw the truth last night. Molly's just embarrassed to admit it."

"It's not true! Mom, seriously, I have thick skin - super thick. Don't listen to him; he's making stuff up," Molly insisted, her voice desperate. Chad faced their mother's angry glare, confident she believed him.

Molly turned to her father. "Dad, you believe me, right?"

Kendrick asked, "Where did you sleep last night?"

Molly hesitated. "At a... hotel."

Chad?" her father

out his hotel keycard and then another one, both with the room

with regret.

Grandma Aubree

they turned their backs on her. Grandma Aubree wasn't blind to

defense; all she could do was sigh. Chad broke the silence, "Since you all know, I'm willing to marry Molly

Molly's eyes widened as

"Molly,

mother to

Molly started, "Mom, there's nothing between Chad and

he know about

her lip. "He saw it

the kiss

"It was an accident."

the same hotel

wrong room? And the hickey on your neck, was that an accident too?" Molly knew she was cornered and started to cry.

be a self-respecting young

her face, Molly

she had just found

Molly insisted, "We haven't."

happened. Is there any point in hiding it

"Chad told me

are you only saying this

like banging her head against

Chad?"

...

seeking his father's and grandparents' approval for

good for our family. If we broke up, she wouldn't be able to face me, and you might lose a daughter and a granddaughter. If Molly marries me, she can rightfully

met his father's gaze. "No, it's because

time, he openly confessed his feelings in