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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
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtaround 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.
Feeling bad, Elise blew cold air on his forehead.
“Put a wet towel on.” Suddenly, Clinton approached with two wet towels in hand. One was for Elise and
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthe other for Colton.
Madeline put the towel over Colton’s forehead. Colton’s fair and supple skin was flushed from Elise’s
transfer of heat from the plate to her hand.
Colton stared at Clinton’s tender smile and sighed to himself.
“Mommy, I want Clinton to play the leading man in my show,” Once Madeline had taken a seat,
Mackenzie excitedly uttered.
Candace had accepted a role in a movie for Mackenzie. It was a feel-good film, depicting a girl’s
eventful encounters after wandering off from her family.
Madeline had read the script and got a good feeling about the film. Candace mentioned that the co-star
had not been decided yet, and the director was in contact with a few students that had not graduated
from drama school. Apparently, he was going to hire newbies for the movie.
Clinton was not a rookie, but he was not portrayed well in the public, and the image was unsuited for
the role of the leading man.
“Mommy! Mommy! Tell Daddy to give the role to Clinton.” Mackenzie ran to Madeline and clung to her
arm as she pleaded.
“Did your daddy invest in the movie?” Madeline asked in shock.
Mackenzie bobbed her head without hesitation. “It’s only a minor production. Daddy poured a lot of
money into the show when he later found out that you liked the script. He made it into a major
production.”
“Madeline, it’s fine if you don’t feel right to do it.” Clinton embarrassedly looked at Madeline.
He knew his place. Although Clinton was all the rage now, the agency hyped him up for the wrong
reasons. The agency only wanted Clinton to do well on entertainment shows. They had no intention of
putting him in movies and TVs.
Besides, there was no way his agency could get him a role as Mackenzie’s co-star anyway.
“It’s not that I don’t feel right about it…” Madeline experienced mixed feelings.
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