Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 1319

Six adults and a little one kept moving up the mountain trail.

Half an hour in...

Molly flopped down on a stone step, dramatically moaning, "Chad, I swear, I never learn. My legs haven't even recovered from the last hike and here I am, falling for your sweet talk again. I should have known better!"

Officer Chad just laughed, crouching behind her. "Five more minutes, I promise. This time, I'm telling the truth."

Mia leaned on her hiking stick, glaring at her husband. "Don't even try to tell me our son isn't tired. He's been in your arms the whole way! His shoes are cleaner than his face—how would he even get tired?"

Before Andre could say a word, Mia cut him off. "Fine, maybe I'm just out of shape. I don't want to climb anymore."

But Chad wouldn't let up. "Come on, we've been at this for forty minutes. The summit's right in front of us. Are we really giving up with just five minutes left?"

Andre chimed in too. "Even if we're out of practice, think of this as a workout. We hardly ever get a chance like this—are you really okay with letting it go?"

moment, the two women

took little Anya's hand and they

but soon enough tired out and clung to his

legs were like jelly. "Go find your dad, sweetheart. Mommy needs someone to carry

dad, riding along

Henry's hair. He reached up, trying

strawberries-bright red and perfectly ripe.

phone to snap pictures for her private account. Andre set Henry down, Chad grabbed a hat, and Leo stepped forward. The three men went into the

handfuls of wild strawberries, Andre tasted one first just to be safe, then handed the berries to his wife and son. Mià and Henry each took one from` Andre's big hand, popping them into their mouths.

love of pretty pictures. She'd brought a hat for her hiking photos, but soon tossed it to Chad when it got in the way. Chad used it as a

snapped a photo, and posted it one her secret account: "Sly used my hat to pickstrawberries for me. Now that he's found

pretty

Leo, Anya popped a strawberry in her mouth and grinned. "Chad,

Pick some more—I'll make you some jam when we get

all, it took them an hour to reach the