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.

isn't watching, start with the essay

twitched an eyebrow, "Even your Chad

even mention him." Molly grumbled, taking another bite of her

At the Byrne residence.

dropping Molly off, Chad went

and Grandpa Elmer were out at their fitness class, and Kendrick was at work, leaving just mother

cares most about your opinion.

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

else? If she ended up with a nitpicking mother-in-law and a chaotic home life, could you bear it? You

"Those aren't good enough reasons. Despite the challenges with your father's relatives, he has been good to me, and your grandparents

some naive, sweet girl; she

Chad glanced at his watch, said goodbye to his mother, and went to

sleeve and compared answers with Jack. "I got this one right,

more ambitious, "Next year, I want to apply for... never mind, it's probably out of

fell from her sleeve, Jack was surprised to see she had one too. Before Anya could pick it up,

Jack grabbed Anya's arm from behind her back and reached into the sleeve of her puffy

felt her sweater riding up her arm along with Jack's hand fumbling around, and

a

tutoring you for so long, do you really have that little

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,

Anya, "Do you think he

"Um... Auntie, your brother's here to pick