Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance
Chapter 758

Leo couldn't wrap his head around her logic. "You're about to head home. Instead of spending time with your boyfriend, you're hanging out with that little chatterbox who does nothing but babble."

At this moment, the so-called chatterbox was sitting in their cozy suburban living room, which stretched over a few hundred square feet. He had been playing with a floating ball, pulling at rubber ducks, and sharing his toys with his sister, Anya, chattering away happily. "I'll come pick you up," Leo texted her.

Life has a funny way of twisting our plans. The meetings we anticipate often go awry, while the real, meaningful encounters happen out of the blue.

Andre left work early, his mind buzzing with upcoming tasks.

Leo's car was parked near Maplewood Estates. He called Anya, "Come out, I'm waiting at the door."

Andre spotted the familiar license plate from a distance, slowing down as he approached.

Unintentionally, Leo saw the approaching car in his rearview mirror, his palms starting to sweat.

Soon, Andre's car pulled up beside Leo's.

It had been over a month since the uncle and nephew had last seen each other. Andre had initially hoped to bump into him at his wife's school, but to no avail. Upon returning to the Cedillo residence, the house staff confirmed his nephew hadn't been home. Unexpectedly, today, he ran into him right outside his own door.

Andre's presence instantly made Leo feel a wave of intimidation, rendering him nervous.

Separated by just a car seat, Leo's door was blocked by Andre's passenger side door, trapping him inside. "Uncle, you're off work?"

"Found a job yet?" Andre's gaze was fixed ahead, his voice cold and detached.

Leo fell silent for a few seconds before nodding, "Assistant engineer, I thought="

Andre cut him off, his gaze still fixed forward, not sparing him a glance. "The path you choose, remember your words."

With a meek nod from Leo, Andre stepped on the gas, speeding past Leo's car. "The dark web is still looking for you."

With those final words, Andre's car distanced itself from Leo's, pulling up to the house where the security quickly opened the gate.

Just then, Anya, with her backpack in tow, spotted Andre. "Uncle?"

After calling out, she immediately rushed outside to Leo's car, thinking of Chad.

Mia, surprised to see her husband home early, asked, "What brought you back so soon?"

"Taking the boy for his vaccinations."

Henry instantly pretended to sleep in his mother's arms!

Andre: "..."

Mia looked down at her son, speechless. "Keep pretending, but it's happening tomorrow morning anyway."

Anya, breaking into a sweat from the run, jumped into Leo's car. "Chad, did you see Uncle?" "Yeah."

As Leo started the car and turned around to leave, Anya asked nervously, "Did Uncle scold you again?" "Does your uncle do anything besides scold people every day?"

Anya bit her lip. "So, what did you and Uncle talk about?"

"Got the job confirmed, that's all."

Hearing this, Anya's spirits lifted, and she excitedly grabbed Leo's arm. "Really, Chad, you got it?"

Leo nodded, his excitement muted as if the desire to celebrate had diminished. "The salary barely covers the car payments and living expenses. I'm thinking of renting a place." Without the car payments, Leo's life would be much simpler.

Anya naively suggested, "Can we sell the car, Chad?" That way, Leo's burden would be much lighter, and they'd have some financial freedom.

Leo: "You're not the freshman Anya anymore; you'll be a sophomore when school starts. Don't be silly, okay?"

Anya pursed her lips, not understanding her folly.

Too scared to ask, she remained silent.

"Sell the car, and then what? Walk you home on my two feet?"

Anya realized he was referring again to the topic of her leaving, and she kept quiet.

"I start the job next week. Decide when you're leaving so I can have peace of mind sending you off before I start."

Anya continued to play mute.

Leo knew Anya was sulking again, but he was out of patience.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Nothing."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Nowhere." Anya's sulk was tinged with a playful whine.

Leo parked the car to the side, turning to face his girlfriend who was turned away from him. "Now you're giving me attitude."

"I just don't want to leave you, that's all," Anya whined.

Leo teased, "Why are you so obsessed with love?"

Anya murmured so softly, "I don't even feel like we're in a relationship, how can I be obsessed with love?"

Leo: "Murmur any softer, and I still heard you."

Anya turned red with embarrassment.

Leo said, "Being with me isn't about you taking care of me like a mother. I'm older than you; it's my job to take care of you. Don't always think about sacrificing for me or moving out with me. I said I would pick you up from the Cedillo family, so just wait patiently. Communicating with an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl is so hard." Anya: "Chad, don't belittle me. I'll be twenty next year."

"So what if you're twenty? I'm still older. Since I'm older, you have to listen to me."

Anya couldn't argue back about her age, silenced by Chad's logic.

"Chad, why don't you argue with Uncle like this? You always pick on me, the easy target."

Leo: "..."

Andre returned home, gently placing his son, who had pretended to sleep but ended up actually falling asleep, back into his crib.

"Tomorrow morning, after the vaccinations, we'll have lunch with Dad at home. Then I'll head to the office for a meeting. You and the kid wait at home for me, and I'll pick you up at five, and we'll leave." Andre arranged.

Mia: "I haven't even told Cooper we're coming to see him. It'll be a surprise."

She could already imagine the joy on her brother's face when he saw their family of three visiting.

Andre smiled softly.

"Honey, did you see Leo earlier?"

Andre: "Still haven't found a suitable secretary general for the company..."

"Honey, want some watermelon?" Mia cleverly changed the subject.

Andre, amused, replied, "No, thanks."

"I will. Honey, I've stopped breastfeeding and have had our child, and my periods aren't painful anymore. Can we stock up on ice cream now?"

The astute Andre: "I never stopped you from having a bite less, did I?"

Mia fell silent for a few seconds, then guiltily hugged the frozen watermelon and turned to leave.

The next morning, the couple, holding Henry, appeared at the hospital.

Surrounded by the cries of other children, their adorable little bundle twisted around, watching the crying kids, as if replaceing the situation oddly familiar. Before long, his cries shook the heavens and the earth.

His little shoulders exposed, the spot where his dad had held him for his shot was now a monument of his grievance, his mouth open as wide as his woe.

Mia pulled up the notes app on her phone, marking a check beside the latest vaccine shot, then said to Henry, "One shot less to go, son. Congratulations, you've only got nineteen more shots to finish." Henry's wails grew louder, more heart-wrenching.