Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance
Chapter 721

In another bedroom.

After Mia returned, she went straight to her husband's arms to cuddle Henry.

Henry, wanting to be a good boy, turned towards Mia. This time, Andre spread himself out, blocking his wife from hugging their son.

Mia, feeling annoyed, grabbed her husband's shoulders and tried to take Henry, "I let you hold him earlier, and you didn't. Now you won't let me? Give me the child!"

Henry clung onto his mom's sleeves, refusing to let go as if his dad was the big villain preventing him from getting to his mom's comforting embrace.

Finally, Henry managed to snuggle into his mom's tender arms, his little mouth wide open, immediately planting wet kisses on Mia's cheek.

Mia, holding her little bundle of joy, endured her son's slobber with a loving smile.

The room fell into a hush, neither Andre nor Mia spoke, just taking turns holding their son. The bedroom was filled with Henry's fearless babbling, lying on his mom's face without a care. His little hands poked at his mom's chunky knit sweater, making a hole in it, and then curiously started playing with the fabric.

After a few minutes of silence, Andre broke the ice, "Is there anything else you're hiding from me about Leo?"

"That's everything Molly told you." Mia glanced at her husband and asked, "Andre, have you cooled down?" "What did you call me?" Andre's sharp gaze met his wife's.

Mia nodded, "Hmm, seems like you've calmed down." At least he was paying attention to how she referred to him.

Apart from when they were newly married and still getting to know each other, she had called him by his name, but later it was always "honey," and in front of others, she often used "my husband" or "our Andre."

"Honey, I wasn't completely honest with you about Leo's situation at the beginning, and I truly feel sorry about that. But at the time, I really couldn't tell you." Mia was unsure if her decision back then was right or wrong and felt a bit wronged, "Leo wasn't sure himself, and if I told you, then I would be too much of a blabbermouth, unable to keep a friend's secret. But if I had told you, I don't know if today's events would have happened. I think that's a problem I have."

Mia began with some self-reflection.

"Honey, do you think I'm right?"

Without realizing it, she had moved next to Andre while holding their child.

Andre turned his face, only to see the matching chubby cheeks of his wife and son, though their son had a bit more baby fat, "So, are you going to analyze my problems next?"

Mia nodded, "Well, everyone has flaws and issues, it's important to reflect."

"Why didn't you say so earlier downstairs?"

Mia replied, "There were too many people around, and I didn't dare. Plus, you had just lost your temper. Who scrubs a pot while it's still hot? You have to let it cool down first."

Mia likened her husband to a "hot pot" and her words to "scrubbing the pot." She didn't speak up earlier because she was afraid of "burning her hands" on the "hot pot." Now that her husband had calmed down, the "pot" had cooled. Andre looked at his eloquent, example-loving little wife.

"Honey, I also understand why you're angry. You think that if Leo doesn't follow the path you've laid out for him, he will have a hard time. That's what all parents think. Our parents...I mean my parents, when they sent Cooper abroad, weren't they thinking the same as you? They thought going abroad would offer him better opportunities since competition is too fierce at home. Your thinking now is exactly the same as theirs back then. You hope Leo follows the plan, takes over the company, secures his position, so even without you, Leo wouldn't have to look up to anyone, and everyone would have to take him seriously. While others are still at the starting line, you want your nephew to have reached the finish line, reaping the benefits.

I can't say you're wrong, nor can I say Anya's decision is wrong, and I certainly can't say Leo's decision is faulty. Because both you and Anya are acting out of love for Leo. And Leo, because he loves you and this family, and has grown fond of Anya, made such a heart- wrenching choice. Do you think I'm right?"

Andre looked at his wife, who could be so insightful at times, knowing everything, and at other times, giving him a headache.

"Honey, if I were in your shoes, having nurtured a child for over a decade, investing more emotion and effort than even his parents, expecting him to follow the path I envisioned for him as my successor, but then, suddenly, he changes direction, discarding all my years of effort to start from scratch for his dreams. I would be angry too." Mia looked into her husband's eyes, the man she loved the most, no longer afraid. "So, I understand your anger tonight. But..."

Andre looked at his wife's mouth, waiting for her to point out his flaws.

"Honey, your child is too heavy, my arms are sore from holding him, I can't anymore," Mia playfully whined first.

An irritated Andre: "......"

Henry, while in his mom's embrace, playing with her sweater and nibbling away happily, suddenly found himself inexplicably in his dad's arms.

Henry looked bewilderedly at his father's cheek, "Ah ah."

No one paid attention to Henry.

Andre urged his wife to continue.

"But you're too domineering, and you have a bad temper. It might be related to your high position, where no one dares to oppose you, and if you weren't assertive, you wouldn't be able to manage the vast Cedillo Group. So sometimes, when you get angry, it's terrifying. Today, you scared our son into crying, and you scared me too. Anya didn't dare to speak, and that's why Leo never dared to tell you the truth. On one hand, because he feels guilty and doesn't want your efforts to go to waste, and on the other hand, because he's afraid of you. Let me put it this way, honey. Although I often scold Leo and Cooper, these two are not at all afraid of me. Usually, they just joke around with me, and they dare to tease and mock me, but they wouldn't dare to joke around with you or even speak up. Because you're very serious, and of course, because the entire Cedillo family relies on you to be supported.

You've been dominant both at home and outside, so in everyone's eyes, including my father's, they don't dare to joke with you lightly, only I dare to steal kisses from the mouth of a tiger." Now there's also Henry, who's fearless and bold enough to tease him.

Mia continued, "Honey, you need to work on this issue. Home and work should be separate. Being assertive has its advantages, but it can also make you short-tempered. Tonight, you scolded Leo and sent him out-that was too domineering. This is the home where Leo grew up, our home in Maplewood Estates."