Chapter 1501
Chapter 1501
"What are you talking about?" Minerva thought that she had misheard him. Beanie was still young, yet Maddox already wanted to arrange a marriage for him? Could it be that he wanted to hold a matchmaking session for him?
She thought that he was joking, but he seemed to have something in mind. He seriously suggested, "I saw the daughter of the Taylor Group a few days ago. She's quite cute and would complement Beanie well."
"What?"
He cleared his throat softly. He actually felt kind of guilty. He hadn't paid any attention to what the girl looked like at all. He had only heard that the Taylor Group had a daughter who was a couple of years younger than Beanie, and recalled it.
The girl's appearance did not matter at all. His top priority was to arrange a marriage for Beanie to stop him from pestering his mommy all day long. "I will arrange a discussion with his father. Then we'll let the two kids meet each other."
She was flummoxed.
Since he first suggested it, she had been confused. She hadn't come to her senses enough to ask him to clarify things.
Yet, Maddox kept on making his arrangements. When she heard that he would get Beanie to meet the girl, she could no longer hold it in. "How old do you think Beanie is? What did you just say? Are you being serious?"
Maddox gripped her hand and stared at her with his dark eyes.
"Yes, Beanie is not a kid anymore. We have to use this opportunity while he's still young to foster a relationship with a suitable girl. When he graduates, they can get married right away."
Minerva pursed her pink lips. There must be a reason for him to have that sort of idea. Hence, she asked, "Don't tell me that it's because of me that you want to find him a partner?"
"So what if it is?"
She never expected him to admit to it so openly. He continued, "He fights with me everyday for your attention. You're my woman. I have to find him a partner so he'll turn his attention to his own woman."
Minerva's lips twitched. "He's your son."
"So what?" Maddox scoffed. "Even my son can't steal my woman away from me."
She was speechless. His jealousy was really too
extreme.
"Maddox, I know that you're the jealous sort, but there's a limit to how jealous you can be. Beanie is still young. It's audacious to find him a girlfriend at this age. No parent would do something like that to their child."
"What do you mean? In ancient times, didn't everyone get married through their parents' arrangements? Some of them were already engaged before they were born. Besides, we're just introducing him to her, not getting them engaged. Let him get along with her for a while and become childhood friends. We never know if they might actually end up together."
His line of reasoning was so logical that Minerva couldn't refute it.
"I don't think it's a good idea. I don't think this sort of thing should be done like this," she said.
"Then let's just introduce them to each other. They can be playmates, instead of lovers," he argued.
Because Minerva rejected his initial proposition, Maddox immediately changed his tactics. She looked at him, whose gaze was determined. It seemed that he would not give up until he got what he wanted.
Well, getting Beanie a playmate was more acceptable than forcing him into a blind date.
"When Beanie was in school, wasn't he also sitting together with a girl in his class? This is just him getting to know another girl. What's the matter? Don't you want Beanie to have more girls to pick from?"NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.
As Beanie's mother, Minerva had never thought about such things. It just didn't cross her mind because Beanie wasn't at that sort of age yet. There were at least ten more years until she had to ponder matters like that. Therefore, she had not given it any serious thought up till that point.
After being accosted by Maddox that abruptly, she was really at a loss.
Probably sensing her hesitation, he held her hand tightly and entwined his fingers with hers. He spoke slowly, in a soft voice, as if advising her. "No matter what, I'm Beanie's father. Although I'm jealous, I will not harm him. I just want to give him more activities to occupy himself with. Plus, it's not good for him to rely on you like that; he pesters you for the entire day. You still need to allocate some time for me and Jelly Bean, besides him. It will tire you out. If he stops hounding you, you will also have more time to keep Jelly Bean company in the future, right?"
She was actually slightly tempted by what Maddox said.
Beanie was indeed very clingy to her, but she didn't mind it. However, she did think that he should socialize more and make more friends. "Beanie can make more friends. Since Jelly Bean is still young, she needs you to spend more time and effort to raise her well. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Maddox spoke completely seriously, as if he was a great, selfless father. When he talked that way to Minerva, he hid his selfishness perfectly. He thought that Minerva couldn't see through him.
Nheless, his suggestion was good. Beanie could get to know more people.
Therefore, in the end, even though she disliked Maddox's line of thought, she still agreed to it.
After she gave her consent, he was overjoyed, but he did not show it on his face.
When he went back to the company in the afternoon, he didn't even bother replacing the meeting he skipped at lunch. He went straight to the Taylor Group in search of the girl.
In the evening, he brought the little girl back to
their home.
Minerva felt her heart drop at a glance.
It was because the little girl that Maddox brought back was chubby. She had round cheeks, round eyes, a chubby torso, and fleshy hands and legs.
She was like a ball.
Minerva did not know if she should cry or laugh. She asked him, "Are you sure that Beanie is your biological son?"
It wasn't that she was prejudiced, but the little girl was indeed extremely overweight. Maddox, Beanie's own father, had told her a different story that morning, didn't he?
Something didn't add up.
Maddox, as well, didn't think that the other party's daughter would be so...
He reached out to cover his mouth
with his hand and coughed slightly. He braced himself and said, "Anyway, it's just for Beanie to make more friends. If he dares to discriminate against her, I will beat that brat up."
When Beanie came home in the evening and saw the chubby girl sitting at the dining table, he looked confused.
Minerva waved at him when she noticed that he was back.
"Beanie, you're here."
He walked over, looking suspicious, and asked, "Mommy, who is she?"
He usually never ate those because they were too sweet.
However, the chubby girl was happily eating away at a swift pace.
One plate after another.
Her appetite was truly astonishing.
"This is the youngest daughter of the Taylor Group. Her name is Mashauva Taylor. Get to know each other."
Mashauva Taylor?
He thought about her name in silence. It suited her.