Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 989

Andre was strolling when he suddenly came to a halt, and Noah, his assistant, quickly followed suit. Turning to face Noah, Andre's expression was stern. "Why are you telling me this now?" he asked.

Noah sighed and explained, "Boss, I tried to reach you this morning, but Henry was having a meltdown, and you sent me away. At lunchtime, I attempted again, but Henry was throwing another tantrum, and you weren't in the mood to listen. Just now, when I went to your office, I found out Henry had turned it into a disaster zone, scattering papers everywhere, and you were too busy dealing with that, so I didn't dare interrupt."

It was only after the little troublemaker, Henry, had left that Noah managed to quickly run through all the plans.

Thinking back on his hectic day, Andre felt his frustration rise, having nowhere to vent it, all thanks to his son.

He had made up his mind that for his next child, come what may, they'd be handed over to a nanny right from the start. Let the kid bond with the nanny instead!

As he opened his office door, he instructed, "Set a date for when the project kicks off and clear my schedule for it. As for the Collins family's proposal, put them on ice. Leave the documents; have Alice compile a progress report and send it to me. I'll decide after reviewing it. Oh, and with Mrs. Calder in her late pregnancy, keep an eye on Calder Corporation's matters for Mr. Calder."

"On it, sir."

With peace restored, Andre turned on his computer and focused on his work.

Meanwhile, at the mall,

Conner was dragging Annie along, under the pretense of shopping for kids' clothes, but he kept getting distracted by jewelry stores.

"Why are you checking out earrings? Is our little tiger planning on getting his ears pierced?" Annie teased.

Conner grinned, "Why not? When my son grows up, he can get his ears pierced and rock them." He was eyeing some diamond and tassel earrings, eager to take a closer look.

"You want our little tiger to sport diamonds and chains?" Annie asked, raising an eyebrow.

Conner gave it a thought and replied, "Why not? Who knows what'll be trendy twenty years from now?"

Annie rolled her eyes. "You keep browsing; I'm heading upstairs to the maternity store."

"Help me pick one out," Conner called after her.

isn't the best. The police department has a rule against wearing

earrings and took Annie's hand, leading her upstairs. "Those things are too ordinary; none of them are worthy of

her eyes again, pretending not to know

first time I saw you, you were wearing jewelry," Conner reminisced about the first time he

incidents involving their eldest daughter and Emmery, fearing reprisal from the new head of the Nettletons. So, they dolled up their second daughter and brought her to the gala, hoping she'd find a well-off partner to protect her, should Conner target the Andersons. It was a parent's hope for a secure future for

their plan didn't go as expected when Conner

were on edge, worried about

"Annie, don't marry him. He's dangerous, a killer. He

undercover officer?" Annie had mocked when she first heard Conner

crossed, Conner replied, "Love and

confronted him, "You want to marry me just to torment me

Conner stood and

leave,

glanced at the guard, and in one swift move, disarmed him, pointing his own gun at Conner. "You all know if this gun's loaded. You know who

tampering on her daily commutes. But

is it true Conner would kill without hesitation and use me to get back at our family? I've checked every case file, and no one's reported Conner. Plus, he protected our parents

Annie, he's trying to

of her

in a sting to catch a serial killer targeting women

charming man sat next to her, starting a conversation that spanned astronomy

Annie, admiring his knowledge,

he slipped a pill into her drink, which dissolved quickly. "Want to change venues? I have an art exhibit in the city

could take you for

"Sure."

glasses, and Annie, thinking all was fine, took a

from upstairs cursed her naivety, "She's too trusting,

we

feeling dizzy and unsteady,

a work of art.

to alert her team, but she was too weak;