Chapter 199 Woah!
“No, I do like them,” Madeline confessed, “but I have never thought about this.”
“Well, you can start thinking about it now. I really love kids. And everytime I think about Quincy and Joel; I don’t think I’ll say no even to another nine or ten children you give birth to. My father used to think the same way as well. The Hart Family thrived during my father’s time. My grandmother gave birth to my father and my two uncles, but after that, my mother was the only one who gave birth to a child. My uncles are still bachelors, and I doubt they ever will have kids of their own. This means that I am the only hope from the third generation. I am sure my father would love the idea of us having ten kids. It would be even better if they were all twins!”
Madeline was rendered speechless after hearing Sebastian’s words. Nine or ten children? Is he joking? He has to be joking!
Then, he continued discussing with her, “That is why it may be good for us to go with the flow, no? Don’t take contraceptive pills. It is our and the child’s fate if you get pregnant. I am sure the new baby will be as lovable as Aldo and Buddy.”
“But…” she hesitantly asked, “Is it harmful for the child if I still conceive after taking the pill?”
He calmly explained, “No, it isn’t. I have done my research on this before. The pill won’t harm the child.”
A stunned Madeline clarified, “You have checked it?”
“Yes,” Sebastian replied with a nod.
She didn’t answer him, but she somewhat conceded after listening to him. Alright.
Her head had been in a mess ever since so many incidents had happened. She would have forgotten that it was possible for her to become pregnant after she and Sebastian had done it yesterday if it wasn’t because she had that sudden thought about kids.
However, Sebastian had somehow thought about this beforehand.
Indeed, he wasn’t just anybody. It was only normal for someone of his status to be so meticulous and attentive.
However, for him to not remind her to take the pill even though he had thought about it, he must really want her to have a baby, but she…
She hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I discuss this with Aldo and Buddy when they come home for lunch? If they don’t want a younger sibling, I would like to wait a few more years until they are more grown-up and ready for it. Let’s only try for another child then, shall we?”
This way, she could give herself time to emotionally prepare for it as well.
Most importantly, Madeline didn’t think she and Sebastian were close even though they had already done the deed. She would feel weird about giving birth to another child of his under such circumstances.
“Alright,” he immediately agreed before he reassured her. “Don’t think too much about it. You wouldn’t get pregnant for sure even if you didn’t take the pill.”
“That is true.”
However, it was always better to be extra safe when it came to things like this.
Pregnancy was like a lottery: some people didn’t get pregnant no matter how hard they wanted a child while some who didn’t even want a child didn’t even have to try twice to hit the jackpot.
Giving birth was no joking matter. She needed to be fully prepared for it and she couldn’t allow any mishaps to happen.
They continued to talk for a while before Sebastian eventually got into his car to head to the company. Madeline, on the other hand, went back to Mansion. She couldn’t concentrate the whole morning, and she would often get distracted when she was there.
She and Sebastian would definitely not have gone to bed together or discussed the matter about a baby if it wasn’t for the incident that happened yesterday.
Due to the fact that Sebastian directly told her he couldn’t wait to have another child with her, she just couldn’t give a straight answer at this point because she wasn’t sure if that was what she wanted.
Even though they were legally married and they had done it, she couldn’t help but feel like they were not like other normal couples.
Everyone else became married because of love through mutual agreement. They, however, got married because of the children. Maybe, she thought, we can start falling in love after our marriage?
Just the thought of it was enough to make her blush like a tomato.
If she had to be honest, she did have a crush on him.
Perhaps… she could try to open up and pursue him. And if he were to fall in love with her, they could be like any other husband-and-wife who loved each other. But… Sebastian is such an exceptional man. And I…
At the thought of that, Madeline never looked down on herself, but she knew what others thought of her. They didn’t think she was worthy of Sebastian.
The more she thought about it, the more confused she was. She still hadn’t come up with a decision by the end of it. The only thing she could do then was tap herself a few times on the head to remind herself to stop thinking about it.
She had so many thoughts going through her head that she would start rejecting her own ideas no matter what anyone else had to say. At this point, it seemed rather futile to overthink it.
She might as well just do as she had told Sebastian. She would ask the children if they would like to have a younger sibling.
Madeline wouldn’t take a pill anymore if the kids wanted a younger sibling.
The morning seemed to pass by slowly because of the thoughts troubling her.
She continued to keep it in when the boys came home from school during lunchtime.
It was after they had their meal and the children were ready to take their afternoon nap when she nonchalantly brought it up. “Aldo, Buddy, would you like to have a younger sibling?”
“Yes!” Joel was the one who replied first. “Mommy, I would love to have a younger sibling, but no matter what, Aldo will always be my favorite!”
He then hugged and gave Quincy a big kiss as he cheered.
Madeline then waited for Quincy’s opinion on this.
The young boy looked somewhat disgusted while wiping off the saliva on his cheek, but he didn’t push his younger brother away. “Mommy,” he started. “Are you and Daddy going to give us a younger sibling?””
“No, dear. Mommy wants to know what you and Buddy think. We will give you one if you like the idea, and if you don’t––we won’t,” Madeline explained to them.
After that, Quincy answered calmly, “I am okay with it. Daddy and Mommy must have a good relationship if you are willing to have a baby. Daddy and Mommy having a good relationship makes me happy.”
Having a baby doesn’t necessarily mean that our relationship is good, does it? she thought.
Of course, she wouldn’t tell her young son something like that.
Joel’s bubbly voice rang out once again. “Mommy, I like having younger siblings! I love it! I want to be an older brother too! Mommy, please give us a baby! You can give birth to the baby, and I will take care of it! I will be a good older brother like Aldo!”
She stayed quiet for a while after hearing her son’s words, and she soon reached out to caress him on his head. “Okay, but babies don’t come out just like that! That would depend entirely on fate. Mommy can only have a baby when the time is right.”
Joel’s big, round eyes seemed to twinkle at that. “Like how I and Aldo were fated to come to Mommy?”
“Correct!” Madeline lowered her head to kiss him, a smile still hanging on her lips. “Just like how Buddy and Aldo were fated to come to Mommy!”
“Woah!” The child gasped. “Our younger sibling will definitely be a cutie!”
What? She looked at him in confusion. Subsequently, she shook her head and rubbed Joel’s head, “Alright, let’s stop talking now. It is time for your nap.”
The children obediently went to sleep after that. When the time to resume their class came, she woke them up, and brought them back to school.
After seeing the children walk into the school building hand in hand, she went back to her workplace.
Madeline’s office was on the second floor. As soon as she went upstairs, she was greeted by the sight of Luke standing in front of her office door with Conrad and Dean on his sides.
Conrad and Dean were here to supervise Luke under Sebastian’s instruction. Madeline could only imagine how uncomfortable Luke must feel to be under watching eyes every second of the day. However, he seemed unbothered by it.
Seeing her come up, he took a few steps forward and called her, “Ma—”
Dean suddenly let out a loud cough at that moment.
Luke threw a glance at him, and without a change in his expression, he tried again, “Mrs. Hart, I would like to have a private conversation with you.”
Hearing that, Madeline looked at him without a word.
