Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 1038

"Oh really, and who's your aunt? That's quite the attitude you've got there."

Anya, cheeks flushed with emotion, shot back, "My aunt is Mrs. Cedillo, the wife of the president of Cedillo Inc."

Her words hung in the air, and the restaurant went dead quiet.

The group of well-heeled ladies exchanged nervous glances, suddenly aware that the Calder family and the Cedillo family have always been thick as thieves.

Sure, the Calder family might be influential, but it's the Cedillo family that's got their back, which speaks volumes about Andre's clout.

Once Anya was ushered out, her friend drove her back to the Calder family home, trying to calm her down, "Anya, I've never seen you this riled up. You're usually as sweet and soft as a marshmallow. What happened today?"

"I'm just mad," Anya confessed as soon as she got home. She went straight to her dad, describing every detail of the incident, "Dad, I don't know what those people's families do, but can you pull up the security footage and find out who they are? They need a lesson."

Mrs. Calder, visibly pregnant, waddled over with a gentle smile, "Sweetheart, I'm not even upset, so why are you? Let me see, my love, you're all frowny. Did you forget the rice crackers I asked you to get because of the spat?"

flustered, "Mom, I'm

and came out on top. Business should be done fairly, not by throwing

always says a man should use his power to make sure no one dares say a word against his

in, "...I gotta say, our girl makes a

they are and deal with them? It's just idle gossip, not worth losing

nobody would want a daughter-in-law like me. I'm telling Chad, so he knows I don't care for such

phone in hand, calling

middle of a friendly competition when Anya's call caught him off guard. Her voice was

off?"

I'd never get married, that

en novelxo

...

to find out who had been involved in the spat

table in frustration,

think Andre's right. Our daughter's got a point. This is about showing them who's