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

no sofa either. Planning to buy

did,

hands on his hips,

hurriedly explained, "It's not a big sofa, just a single lazy boy chair, a big bean

table, tablecloth, lamp, floor mat... I pretty much bought

Anya received another delivery call. "Chad, the chairs

"Anyone who has you as

he took Anya's hand, heading out to collect

the instructions and handling the screwdriver, while

the number

passed

screwdriver and took her turn to

the foot of the bed, indulging little

a stirring of the heart. Seeing Anya's simplicity and dedication to him alone, Leo found himself smiling. Indeed, no matter how troubled he felt, seeing her always calmed him down. On the path

thought Chad might strangle her, she found herself embraced in Leo's arms,

to kiss Anya, who was in complete shock, her

two days, everything had

buying a bath loofah to hang in the

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

various online finds, even replacing

with the wardrobe either, covering it completely with adhesive wallpaper until she was much

irregular-shaped glass cups 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: Anya bought it, Leo

bear-themed play mat, and on

flower market to buy green

was very proud. "Chad, do you

like it, I like

my family has always wanted to come