A short while later, the call finally connected.

Noah's voice came through. "Boss, I figured it out it was your sister who told

Mrs. Byrne."

Andre rubbed his temples. "...Who?"

"Yep, the eldest Miss Byrne."

The Byrne family.

As soon as Jade got the news, she immediately shared it with her sister. "Mia, are you joining this year?"

Before, it was always something-pregnancy, having the baby, grad school-Mia was held up by it all. Now she was finally free and determined to go after her dreams again. There was no way she'd miss this chance.

Leo knew better than to say too much-sometimes, the less you say, the better. So when he saw the announcement, he just quietly deleted it.

Andre thought about his headache of a sister. "Molly never does anything right." Fifteen years of searching, and this is the sister he found.

Noah hesitated. "Boss, maybe... we should postpone the competition?"

Andre shook his head. "No way. If we postpone, Mia's going to start wondering if I'm the one behind The Silent Ring."

Little Henry's ears perked up at that.

shower, Mia called her son over. She pulled out a pack of snacks.

the snacks as Mia waved them

huh? Did he

treats

"What?"

again, even

sighed. "Sweetie, can you use

"Daddy's—"

came out of the bathroom, towel around

head

frowned, confused. What does

glanced at his still-perplexed wife.

While Mia was distracted, he tiptoed over, snatched the snacks,

completely thrown. "Hey! Henry,

caught him.

one

night, Andre went to the kids' room to tuck Henry into bed. "Hey, who

"Daddy," Henry replied.

a

lip and turned away,

him back. "Just like your mom-get mad, and you won't even look at me. C'mon, who does The Silent

cheeks. "Hmph.

"That's right,

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