Sweet Mischief's Rollercoaster Romance novel Chapter 184

Mia wanted to speak up, but was afraid of causing a fuss in the Byrne family. Because Jade was Mia's close friend without any blood relation, she couldn't overstep her boundaries. She felt guilty today for taking advantage of Jade's good nature.

"Hey, Jade, I'm not eating anymore. My husband is almost here. I'm going to wait for him at the door. You two carry on."

After heading downstairs, Mia prepared to leave.

Jade and Chad wanted to see her off.

Mia stood at the door for a moment, and Andre came driving up. He got what Mia was aiming for. Having him pick her up was actually to let him see Jade in person, to rid him of his ideas about Jade. He appreciated his wife's gesture and personally came over.

"My husband's here, I gotta split."

Andre parked the car, got out, and saw the girl who was as tall as Mia, with a similar physique, and Chad, whom he had met a few times.

He walked up and shook hands with Chad. "Hey, I'm Mia's husband, Andre."

"Nice to meet you. As a citizen of Eldoria, who wouldn't know Mr. Cedillo. I'm the captain of the public security bureau, Chad."

The two shook hands, Mia felt an odd tension in the air. She quickly diverted her husband's attention, pointing to Jade, "Honey, this is me and Leo's best friend, Jade."

Having been caught by him before, she shot Andre an awkward glance, then edged a bit closer to Chad, looking somewhat scared.

Andre looked at her but said nothing.

"I'm here to pick up Mia, so we'll get going and see you around." His face was calm, as if he was really meeting Jade for the first time.

Chad nodded, he and Jade watched as the car drove off. Once it was gone, he furrowed his brows, sensing a hint of danger. He turned to glance at Jade, "Jade, come inside with me."

"Okay."

On the way home, Mia asked her husband, "Did you notice anything?"

Andre didn't share his thoughts with her. Instead, he gave her the answer she wanted to hear, "No."

In the following days, in order to help clear her friend of suspicion and to help her husband face reality, Mia put in a lot of effort. She often visited the Byrne family.

The Cedillo family was getting a bit miffed.

"She doesn't even spend time with her parents. Instead she's out and about with her friends, what's up with that?"

Mia went to the Byrne family again. This time, Chad wasn't home, and no one was there to interrupt her and Jade.

They started to look at the photo album they hadn't finished last time.

Jade pointed to a photo and said, "This is what I looked like when I was five."

There was writing next to it, it read "Jade, 5 years old". Back then, she didn't have bangs, but Molly's photo at five had bangs. Two kids, completely different looks.

Without saying much, Mia was sure Jade wasn't Molly. After all, even if it was a fake, it wouldn't have been made 15 years ago, let alone having photos from when she was one to five years old.

"What did you look like when you were six?"

Jade said, "You might not remember, but I had chickenpox when I was six. I was covered in spots."

Mia had heard that there were no photos of Jade from that year. Because chickenpox was contagious, no one dared to touch her. Even on her birthday, no teachers were invited.

Then, the next photo was of Jade when she was seven.

"Is this you?" Mia asked, pointing at the photo.

Jade nodded, "Yes, that's me. It was my brother's 12th birthday. I got too excited and smeared cake on his face. He didn't hesitate to smear cake back on mine. My parents were laughing so hard they took this photo."

Later on, Jade's appearance gradually became clear. By middle school, Mia had a clear memory of what she looked like.

"Jade, I'm sorry." Mia suddenly apologized.

Jade looked puzzled, "What's wrong?"