Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Naomi shook her head. "Something doesn't add up. I know Bruce-if he really wasn't into her, there's no way he'd go out of his way to hang out with her. The fact that he does? He's definitely got some feelings for her."

Molly blinked, trying to keep up. "Wait, Naomi, what if—what if they're just classmates, just friends? Maybe we're reading too much into it." She felt nervous; one little comment from her last night had snowballed into this whole mess. If she got herself in trouble with the family again, she'd never live it down.

Naomi huffed, the frustration building. "No, that's not possible. I honestly think they both liked each other, but Mom was so strict about dating, and Dad gave him a hard time—he was too scared to actually go for it. Otherwise, they'd have ended up together. Back then, when dating was just starting to become a thing, who could blame them for wanting to give it a shot?"

Hansen jumped in. "No, no, you've got it wrong. I raised three wild kids-I know them inside and out. If any of them really caught feelings for someone, they'd stand up to me in a heartbeat."

Naomi shot back, "Then why didn't Andre stand up to you when he didn't want to marry Mia?"

Hansen fell silent, caught off guard.

Mia pressed her lips together, thinking, Great, now the drama's rolling over to me.

Molly squeezed Wayne's arm, ready to make a run for it. Oh boy, are we about to have a full-blown family meltdown?

his throat. "Ma'am, what sir meant was 'falling for someone.' That's a separate issue from Mr. Andre and Ms. Mia's situation. I can assure you, if Ms. Mia were ever wronged, Mr. Andre would go to bat

harsh, but it was true. Hansen nodded eagerly. "Exactly." The last thing he wanted

all the women left, the Cedillo men would be stuck here together-bored out of their minds, not knowing how to manage

the butler, seemed to relax a

"Anyway, I don't want to see

and Molly immediately looked at Hansen. He was suddenly

to be the

these years, you know Bruce's heart. You know

Naomi, you've got to trust

elen-we only love one

added quickly. "My husband may

I'm the apple

eye."

confused. Wait, who's

school, that stuff didn't matter. I hung out with Leo all the