Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 1527

Havenbrook.

Annie's baby bump was hard to miss as she got up to print some paperwork. The colleague next to her scrambled to help. "Detective Chapman, your transfer just got signed off-you're really heading back to Newtown, huh?"

“I heard that precinct's a nightmare. Total chaos. There's even that guy, Conner... Wait, Detective Chapman, what's your husband's name again?"

Annie smiled. "Conner."

Her colleague stared, speechless.

Once the printer finished, Annie grabbed the papers, organized them, and slid them into her folder. "Yeah, I'm going back to wrangle troublemakers like him."

"Uh, Detective Chapman, I'll be right back. Easton's looking for me." Her coworker practically bolted.

Thinking of that so-called troublemaker, Maja realized Conner hadn't called her all day. Usually when he did, it drove her nuts. But when he didn't, she felt like something was off a weird kind of emptiness, a jittery restlessness.

It was the weekend, and Molly stopped by the station with her little boy. With nothing pressing going on, everyone wandered outside to fuss over Officer Chad's

son.

Wayne stood in the middle of the attention, frowning at the crowd. Suddenly, he piped up, "Daddy!"

out of the throng, joking with the

the station much since she started her new job, so whenever she showed up, her coworkers treated her like a celebrity, pulling her aside for

and offered Wayne a lollipop

eyed her suspiciously,

in, his voice gentle. "Aunt Annie gave

face into his dad's shoulder, but Annie just pressed

in. You'll be leaving soon," Chad told

the station-familiar, yet never quite home. Havenbrook had always been a stopover. The place she could never truly

over and grinned. "What are you two plotting over here?

when did

Mommy? Since you went to all

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it, Chad swatted her hand away with a sharp smack. "And who's

pouted, "Chad, it's been ages since my

going to the dentist with me

just laughed and slipped

She found herself staring at her phone,

her health and reminding her what foods to