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 books

sofa either. Planning to buy

"Already did, it's

on his hips, took a

Chad about to tease her again, Anya hurriedly explained, "It's not a big sofa, just a single lazy boy chair, a big bean bag, really comfy." "What else did

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

delivery

has you as

Anya's hand, heading out to collect the

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

me the number

immediately passed it to

screwdriver and took her turn to playfully

at the foot of the

him alone, Leo found himself smiling. Indeed, no matter how troubled he felt, seeing her always calmed him down. On the

Anya's neck. Just as she thought Chad

to kiss Anya, who

two days,

standards, even buying a

a wall-mounted storage bag, a desk mat-Anya had covered it all, even sticking a large bear decal she bought

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

either, covering it completely with adhesive wallpaper until she was

based on Anya's taste. Leo remarked, "It's just for drinking water; I'm not here every day,

was a bear-themed play mat, and on the balcony, a

hurried with her to the flower market to buy green

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

"If you like it, I like

family has always wanted to come