Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chad had planned to wake her up, but now he just sat on the edge of the bed, watching her sleep.

Mia had also risen early, carrying her hungry, crying son out the door while stifling a yawn. "Anya, you're not going to school, you're not going to work, and you're not even hungry. Why are you up so early?"

Anya, with her backpack on and clutching her laptop, replied, "Auntie, I'm heading out. I left some pasta for the baby in the dining room."

With that, she left, busier than those heading off to work.

Last night, Henry was supposed to sleep with his grandfather but ended up crying his way into his parents' arms.

Anya's daily routine: city library, Chad, baby-a trifecta of tasks.

Molly's daily life: work, home-a straight line.

Mia: her son, a single point.

Sometimes she would visit the office, bringing surprises for Andre, who was hard at work.

Leo often joined Anya after work to clean, buy mattresses, and bed linens. Anya also took down the dusty curtains and replaced them with a double-layered set: one layer of girlish white tulle for her and another layer of classic grey blackout curtains for Leo's straightforward taste.

Leo pointed at the curtains on the bed. "Why'd you buy these without telling me?"

Anya had her grievances too. "And did you tell me when you signed me up for the computer exam?"

However, Anya didn't know how to install curtains and needed a man's help. Holding the curtain rings, she called, "Chad, could you give me a hand?"

Removing the old curtains revealed dust everywhere.

Anya passed the curtains up, and Leo, wiping the rail with a damp cloth, hung the new ones. "One layer would've been enough; two is overkill." "The white one's for me; the grey one's for you."

After hanging them, suddenly, the table Anya had ordered online also arrived.

Leo looked at her silently.

tongue. "There's no table for Chad's

either. Planning to buy

did, it's on

hands on his hips, took a deep

Chad about to tease her again, Anya hurriedly explained, "It's not a big sofa, just a single lazy boy

looked down, guiltily answering, "A dining table, tablecloth, lamp, floor mat... I pretty much bought everything the

speaking, Anya received another delivery call. "Chad, the chairs

"Anyone who has you as a

Anya's hand, heading

table and chairs required assembly, with Leo reading the instructions and handling the screwdriver, while Anya, nearly incapable of anything manual, seemed never to read instructions when

the number three

immediately passed it to

of the screwdriver and took her turn

the floor at the foot of the bed,

dedication to him alone, Leo found himself smiling. Indeed, no matter how troubled he felt, seeing her always

arm around Anya's neck. Just as she thought Chad

leaning down to kiss Anya, who was in complete shock, her eyes

two days, everything

standards, even buying a bath

a wall-mounted storage bag, a desk mat-Anya had covered it all, even

with various online finds, even replacing the unattractive clothes hangers with new ones

either, covering it completely with adhesive wallpaper

in the house were all chosen based on Anya's taste. Leo remarked, "It's just for drinking water; I'm not here every day, just sleeping at night." The water dispenser:

and on the balcony, a lazy boy chair, Anya's

with her to the flower market

her handiwork, Anya was very proud. "Chad, do

you like it,

my family has always wanted