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.

"There's no

either. Planning to

did, it's on its

on his hips,

not a big sofa, just a single

"A dining table, tablecloth, lamp, floor mat... I pretty much bought everything the home

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

who has you as a customer

hand,

and handling the screwdriver, while Anya, nearly incapable of anything manual, seemed never to read instructions when

me the

passed it to

the screwdriver and took

at the foot of the bed, indulging little

heart. Seeing Anya's simplicity and dedication to him alone, Leo found himself smiling. Indeed, no matter how

around Anya's neck. Just as she thought Chad might strangle her, she found

Anya, who was in complete shock, her

days, everything had

standards, even buying a bath loofah

bathroom's tissue box, a wall-mounted storage bag, a desk mat-Anya had covered it all, even sticking

watched as Anya adorned their space with various online finds, even replacing the

satisfied with the wardrobe either, covering it completely

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: Anya bought

on

work, Leo hurried with her to the flower market

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

like it,

always wanted to come