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!"

grinning, and scooped Wayne out of the throng, joking with the

station much since she started her new job, so whenever she showed up,

strolled over, crouched down, and offered Wayne

her suspiciously, wary

gentle. "Aunt Annie gave you a treat. Want

shoulder, but Annie just pressed the

in. You'll be leaving soon,"

always been a stopover. The place she could never truly leave was

you two plotting over here?

since when did you

lollipop for Mommy? Since you

say no-let me try

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

it's been

who's going to the dentist

and slipped

staring at

was her parents-the Martins-who called, checking in on her health and reminding her what foods to avoid now