Aggresive Wife

CHAPTER 419 HE’S MY LEADING MAN

“Yes. He can’t go home now due to special circumstances, so he’s going to stay with us for now. Are you okay with it, Colt?” It dawned on Madeline that she should have asked the kids for their opinions before making the call.

“Can he leave if I’m not fine with it?” Colton hung his head low, thinking that he was asking a lot from his mother. His eyes reflected his apprehension.

Madeline gently pulled him into her arms. “It’s my bad. You’re the owner of this house. I should’ve consulted with you before deciding whether he could stay with us. I want to apologize to you.”

“I don’t blame you, Mommy.” Colton was moved. Mommy said he was also an owner of the house like Thomas and Mackenzie.

He was over the moon.

“Can you tell me why you don’t want him to stay?” Madeline inquired.

Colton took a fleeting glance at the phone in the back. Noah showed no expression behind the screen, but Colton could tell from Noah’s tensed facial lines that he was mad.

Oh, no. Someone was about to steal Mommy’s heart, and yet Daddy had the time to lose his temper in the video call.

Colton pulled a pitiful face at Madeline and uttered, “I’m scared that you will fall in love with him and forget about Daddy.”

Taken aback, Madeline earnestly replied, “Colt, I hope you can understand that I will always love you whether or not your daddy and I end up together, but you can’t use my love for you as a reason to interfere with my freedom of marriage.”

“I don’t get it, Mommy. Don’t be with Clinton. Can you just be with Daddy?” Colton wrapped his arms around the nape of Madeline’s neck and acted as a five-year-old should for once.

The boy barely comprehended the meaning behind Madeline’s words, but he got the feeling that Mommy did not want Daddy anymore.

“Alright now. This has nothing to do with Clinton. I will tell Clinton to leave if you insist that he should not stay.” Madeline patted Colton’s back to console him.

Colton picked his head up and looked into Madeline’s eyes before whispering, “Let him stay.”

“Colt, I don’t want you to have ill feelings, okay?” Madeline only allowed Clinton to stay because a certain somebody could not keep it in her pants. Plus, Clinton’s story just now tugged on her heartstrings.

Besides, Thomas and Mackenzie took to the guy, so Madeline agreed to provide a temporary roof over his head.

Nevertheless, Madeline would rather go back on her word than make Colton feel uncomfortable. Of course, Madeline would find Clinton somewhere safe to get shelter, but he would not be staying with them.

“Mommy, I don’t have any ill feelings. I was just afraid that Clinton would steal you away. I didn’t oppose him living here because I hated Clinton,” Colton anxiously explained before Madeline mistook him for a mean child.

In the video call, Noah pressed his lips tightly together and broodingly looked at the mother and son in an embrace.

It was a good thing Colton had not forgotten that his father was still on the line. He tugged on Madeline’s collar and queried, “Mommy, do you really not like Daddy?”

Madeline gave his little cheek a squeeze and responded with a smile, “The relationship between adults is complicated. You’ll get it when you grow up.”

Scrunching his face, Colton gave it a thought and asked, “Between Clinton and Daddy, who do you like best?”

“You can’t compare them.” Noah was the last thing Madeline wanted to hear about. Since he loved to stay in Uranica, Noah would remain there for all she cared.

“Can Daddy live with us when he comes back?” Colton tried to secure something for his pops.

Without even thinking, Madeline refused. “No.”

“Why? Why do you let Clinton stay here but not Daddy, Mommy?” Colton panicked. What on earth did Daddy do to piss Mommy off?

Mommy refused to let Daddy stay in the house.

Since Colton could not understand what she said, Madeline believed it was too early to talk about the complicated relationship between adults.

“Clinton is a gentle person and doesn’t throw a fit for no reason. Let’s not forget that Clinton is young. He can play with you. Oh, Clinton is hard-working and a good cook too. Oh, it nearly slipped my mind. I came in here to call you for lunch. Come on. Clinton has prepared a feast for us.”

Madeline picked Colton up while Colton made a helpless face at the phone on the bed.

Now that Mommy mentioned it, Clinton seemed to have a lot more to offer than Daddy.

Daddy had a bad temper and often threw a tantrum, Plus, Daddy was old. He had wrinkles when he smiled. His skin was unlike Clinton’s collagen-packed surface. Daddy only knew how to make pancakes, but Clinton served a variety of food.

Sigh. Hurry back, Daddy. I can’t help you if you delay your trip back further.

“What’s the matter, Colt? You were cooped up in your bedroom. Are you sick?” Carrying a plate out, Elise got on to Colton’s eye level and felt his forehead.

“Hot, Auntie Elise,” Colton said, but he did not shy away from Elise’s touch.