Leo stared at Andre in shock, "How did you know I've been planning this since sophomore year?"
Andre gave him a cold glance. How could such a thing have slipped by him? Back in sophomore year, Leo would always measure the position of the little hut in the backyard after dinner, constantly calculating on scrap paper, figuring out how much force he'd need to knock over the shed.
Andre wasn't blind. He had been waiting to see just when Leo would destroy the little shed.
But he never got any news. It wasn't until this year that the shed was finally knocked over. His first thought was Leo. What pissed him off wasn't the fact that he knocked over the shed, but that he had a bad influence on Mia.
"If you ever dare to drag Mia into your mischief again, I'll break your legs myself."
Leo immediately shook his head in fear. But he also hoped she wouldn't drag him into mischief. He knew Mia was a troublemaker too.
"Even though I have a special relationship with Mia, but..."
"Hmm?" Andre's expression darkened. He dared to say he had a special relationship with his wife in front of him?
Leo quickly changed his words, "Even though we've been together since we were kids..."
Wait, that wasn't right either.
"In short, even though we've been friends for many years, I still need to remind you that she is a troublemaker too."
Andre paused, then said, "I know."
Andre knew?
"The reason I called you up today was to ask you about Jade."
"Why do you need to know about Jade? If Mia knew you were interested in another woman, even if that woman is her good friend, she'd still be pissed."
Andre glared at Leo, impatiently saying, "Well, then don't let her find out. Spill it."
Under his pressure, Leo had no choice but to stand there and spill everything he knew.
Meanwhile, Mia wasn't idle either. She found Naomi and took her hand, saying, "I want to look at some old family photos."
Naomi asked with confusion, "Why do you suddenly want to look at photos?"
Mia said, "I want to see what Andre looked like from childhood to adulthood."
Naomi laughed. She put down what she was doing and led Mia to her bedroom.
She pulled out a large, thick photo album from the cupboard.
"Andre only took a picture on his birthday every year when he was a kid. After that, he stopped taking photos."
Mia took the album, gently dusting it off.
"No one has looked at this album for a long time." Naomi said.
They sat on the sofa and started flipping through the album. The first page was a family photo of the Cedillo family.
Naomi pointed to the woman in the photo and said with a smile, "That's our mother-in-law."
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