Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Jack watched Anya devour her food in the car, her cheeks puffed out with a half-eaten burger. She shot him a nervous glance and apologized, "Chad, I'm so sorry, it wasn't on purpose." Jack chuckled, "Take it easy, don't choke."

Mia just sighed, lost in her thoughts. It hit her why everyone was so surprised when her husband indulged her, and why she had unknowingly stepped on some of Andre's soft spots. Turns out, everyone has that one special person in their life who lets them get away with just about anything. Mia patted Anya's shoulder. "Kid, Aunt Mia's got your wedding gift all ready."

Anya looked puzzled, "..."

Jack gently swatted Mia's hand away. "Go back to your mommy blog empire. We're heading out."

Jack slipped on the Ray-Bans Mia had given him and drove off.

On the road, Anya unwrapped another burger for Jack, ready to feed him. But Jack took it with one hand while steering with the other, taking a big bite.

"Chad, have you ever eaten in your car before?"

"Yeah."

Anya relaxed a bit. After a moment, Jack added, "You're the second person."

Anya's eyes widened, "..."

Half an hour before the exam, Molly sat on a bench outside, munching on a burger, waiting for Jack to drop off Anya at the test center.

Soon, Jack arrived. He sat next to Molly, handing her a wad of paper.

"What's this?" Molly unfolded it to find a bunch of notes.

watching, start with

"Even

Molly grumbled, taking

At the Byrne residence.

Chad went

police, Grandma Aubree and Grandpa Elmer were out at

his mother, "Molly cares most about your opinion.

son, "Exactly because she cares so much about what I think, my approval would just stress her out more. Chad, if you want to marry Molly, let

she ended up with

good to me, and your grandparents have always treated me like a daughter.

mother would be exhausting. Coleen wasn't some naive, sweet girl; she

said goodbye to his mother, and

from the exam, the three of them stood in the sunshine, forming a triangle. Molly pulled out a cheat sheet from her sleeve and compared answers with Jack. "I got this one right, didn't I? I remember reviewing it last night, but I didn't dare pull it out since the

was a bit more ambitious, "Next year, I want

see she had one too. Before Anya could pick it up, Jack

didn't cheat, I just bought it for peace of mind." Jack grabbed Anya's arm

up my sweater." Anya felt her sweater riding up her

with a handful

tutoring you for so long, do you really

first year? Anya's a freshman, and you know how the advisors intimidate new students. It's normal to buy cheat sheets when that's the environment, and it's not like she actually cheated. Anya's a good kid, she said she didn't cheat, and she definitely didn't. She doesn't lie, especially not to you." Jack looked innocent, "I wasn't being harsh to her, am I not nice enough to

turned to Anya, "Do you

a bit intimidated, "Um... Auntie, your brother's here to