Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

While Mia was watering her money tree, she tilted her head, strolling over with the watering can in hand. "Honey, what's all this talk about a boarding school? You're considering sending our little toddler off to school, and a boarding one no less? That's a bit much, don't you think? He's at home missing you, crying and calling for 'daddy' until he falls asleep. Is this how you want to be a dad?"

Andre felt a twinge of guilt, especially as their mischievous little son suddenly became all sweet and said, "Love you, daddy."

Mia set down the watering can, pointing at their little charmer. "Listen, your son adores you, and you're thinking of sending him away."

Andre couldn't muster much of a defense, so he sheepishly handed Mia his broken fountain pen, saying, "This pen was $40,000."

Then he gestured to his desk, showing a scratch. "And this desk set me back $3,000,000."

Mia eyed the pen, then the desk, and finally their son who was putting on his cutest face. She sighed, her voice softening, "Alright, love. Get Noah to send me the info too. Maybe we can visit the school and check it out together when we have time."

Henry turned, thinking, Are Mom and Dad disappointed in me too?

Even with the information sent, Henry's strong backing meant that the mere mention of school brought opposition from all sides. His uncle from overseas even called directly, "Sis, if you mess up my nephew's childhood, I'm prepared to cut ties."

Mia responded, "Blood ties can't be broken, but legally, maybe I can dig up some documents. If we go to court, make sure to come back early so we can sever those ties."

Cooper: "..."

Mia added, "Of course, if you can't make it back, we could always have the hearing online."

Cooper: "..."

Molly gave her sister a double thumbs-up, "You go first. I might try this with Leo someday, see if we can sever the aunt-nephew bond."

After hanging up, Cooper regretfully slapped his own mouth. His classmates were shocked, "Coop, what's up? Why'd you do that? Are you alright?"

Cooper: "I must've lost my mind telling my sister to study law."

Bruce, after being investigated multiple times, was feeling a bit down. He'd even started

contemplating early retirement,noveldrama

discussing it with his wife one

evening, "Naomi, if I retire early, I could spend my time with you checking out shops, managing the house, helping out with Andre and Molly's little one, enjoying sunny days with Dad, and traveling now and then. Maybe even pick up a hobby. Sounds pretty good, right?"

Naomi replied, "Sweetheart, we've been married over twenty years. If you were really content, you wouldn't sound like this. Think about it, they're just trying to prevent future issues. If someone reported your team taking bribes behind your back, wouldn't you look into it? The Cedillo

family is unique; let's not do

anything we'd regret."

Bruce smiled at his wife, "Who would've thought you'd be the one giving me a pep talk one day."

Naomi playfully nudged him, "Who says I'm clueless? Don't call me that."

The couple closed the door for some private chat, "Our son's just starting his master's. Even though Leo's got things under control, how can we not care as parents? My biggest worry right now is still our son."