Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

"Whoever else tells you I'm going on blind dates, give me their number!" Leo's stern voice made Anya too scared to speak up, her voice soft and meek, not daring to look up at him. "It was... it was my dad who said it." Leo: "..."

They sat in silence for a few minutes, Leo's chest burning with unvented anger. Then, as he started the car, he said, "I'm not going on blind dates."

Later, Leo called Molly to ask about a good restaurant.

Molly immediately shared her newest find with Leo, "The rose on the table is for couples. You can take it with you after your meal, remember to give it to Anya. When Chad and I went..." Before she could finish, Leo hung up.

Molly, frustrated, put down her phone, "What kind of person does that? I hadn't even started showing off my love yet."

Arriving at the restaurant, Leo parked the car and went to the passenger side to hold Anya's hand as they exited. "Come in for dinner, and then come with me to the office to work late." Anya, as if facing Chad, couldn't refuse.

She was meekly pulled inside, and Leo, taking the rose from the table, forcefully stuffed it into Anya's bag. "Take it."

Anya: "..."

Anya didn't dare to bring up the topic of moving out again, as if Chad would be very unhappy.

In the evening, accompanying Leo to the office, she sat next to him as usual, but was quieter than before.

Andre had left with the child already, and when leaving, Henry started crying again. Andre gently consoled the child, a scene witnessed by everyone. Yet, the little one, no matter how gently his dad consoled, just kept crying. Leo and Anya weren't curious about what happened to Henry, both preoccupied with their own thoughts.

When Leo drove Anya home later that night, under the moonlight, after turning off the car, he told Anya, who was about to get out, "Don't move out, and don't worry about anything else."

Anya responded with a soft "oh" and slowly went back to her room.

That night, the light in Leo's room stayed on until late, but he just sat there quietly, looking at the books on his desk, the dark screen of his computer, alone.

sat on the stool at her dressing table by the window. The

what her father said today, "Dad will find you a driver to take you to and from every day. If you're worried about safety, we'll hire a bodyguard for you. If you're lonely, your mom and I can take turns staying with you. You're a grown woman now, living in a place

tighten, feeling uncomfortable.

you really not know what I'm feeling, or are you pretending not to know?" Anya murmured, feeling wronged. She didn't know how to chase after

what time it was, the light in Leo's room went out, but he didn't go to sleep right away. Instead, he sat there, head tilted back with closed eyes. The next day, Andre dropped off

car, it was Mia talking alone, her little son now a handful, insisting on standing on his mom's lap in the car to look out the windshield. When tired, he'd cry

open the car's sunroof for his

about him all the way, "You don't sleep at night, wake up early in the day, if I hold you to sleep, I can't even turn over. You only cry, need to be fed, have

two, Henry looked at his mom leaving, his little mouth pouting again. Mia had to kiss her son twice before she

the front seat, and quickly kissed her husband's face

wife through the window, smiled blissfully, "Off you go, I'll pick you up after

Anya, watching, felt envious. "Auntie,

"Chad also loves

shyly, but this time, there was a hint of grievance

Anya's shoulder, "Don't ignore a man's daily effort to pick you up and drop you off, especially when he's busy with work. If you were someone unimportant to him, why would

door,

and saw his working nephew. Since they see each other

his

leaped into his

together, the secretarial team had their eyes full,

went to drop off the child to Andre, he took the opportunity to

but not showing it on his face, "Are

"Yes."

out a notice this afternoon, wait for