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.

while Andre was in the shower, Mia called her son over. She pulled out a pack of snacks. "Come tell Mom what

the snacks as Mia waved

mad, huh? Did he

glued to the treats and launched into a long string of

"What?"

again,

sighed. "Sweetie, can you

"Daddy's—"

bathroom, towel around his neck. "What

turned his head away. "Mess is

confused. What

glanced at his still-perplexed wife. "Henry, bath time- let's

hand. While Mia was distracted, he tiptoed over, snatched the snacks, and made a

now-empty hand, completely thrown.

moment later, both parents caught him. Each gave

for stealing snacks, one for...

room to tuck

"Daddy," Henry replied.

gave his little butt a light tap. "Whose is

his lower lip and

your mom-get mad, and you won't even

his cheeks. "Hmph. It's

cod. "That's

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