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I have to make it up to him.”
Madeleine muttered to herself, wearing an expression that said,
“I would never buy sweets for myself.”
Roderick gave a half–smile.
Seeing Madeleine pick out a delicate little cake, he suddenly
said, “Buy another one.”
“Hey, I already said I’m not having any.”
Madeleine thought he wanted to buy one for her.
But he held back a laugh and explained, “Minerva Hatfield called
me when I was on my way to pick you up. She said she’s
coming over for the weekend.”
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Madeleine’s face. She
coughed and nodded.
“Oh, right. It’s for Minerva.”
Carrying two boxes of desserts, she returned home to find
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Minerva in the living room, doing crafts with Kevin.
The two were bickering with each other.
“Hey, that’s not how you stick it on! It looks so ugly like that. Let
me do it!”
“Auntie… I think this looks even uglier.”
“Nonsense, no way. You must have gotten your sense of taste
from your mother.”
Madeleine felt that jab the moment she walked in.
What’s with the personal attack?
She instantly no longer wanted to give the cake to Minerva.
“Is my sense of taste really that bad?”
A cool voice sounded from behind Minerva. She turned around,
a little embarrassed.
She gave a mischievous grin, revealing her two cute canines, looking very adorable.
“I was just talking nonsense, Madeleine! Your sense of taste is the best, otherwise you wouldn’t have married Roderick, right?”
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Madeleine: …
She glanced at Roderick beside her, who indeed looked puffed
up with pride.
She wondered if he’d secretly paid Minerva off. How could the
little girl praise her and still manage to loop it back into a
compliment for him?
At that moment, a certain little boy was in a state of confusion.
“Mommy, what’s a ‘sense of taste‘?”
Madeleine’s heart melted at his cuteness. She walked over and
pinched Kevin’s little cheek.
“A sense of taste is… um, knowing what looks good and what
doesn’t.”
Kevin blinked a couple of times and immediately said,
“Mommy’s pretty.”
“Good boy, I declare you have the best taste in the world!”
“Hehe.”
Kevin beamed, visibly happy.
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Roderick came over and put the small cake on the table, and
the two kids were immediately drawn to it.
“Minerva, are you sure you’re going to eat that?
I remember you’ve been preparing for the Swan’s Wing
International Youth Ballet Competition, right?”
Minerva nodded while opening the cake box, “Yeah, I’m eating.
How can I have energy for the competition if I don’t eat? Plus,
I’m still a kid, I’m still growing.”
Madeleine was left speechless.
“Well… you can’t indulge too much, right? This cake is pretty
high in calories.”
Only Roderick understood what Madeleine was really getting at.
He held back a laugh and sat down on the sofa.
Minerva scooped a piece of cake into her mouth and mumbled,
“I’ll just eat half then.”
“Half is fine. How many calories can half have, right? Let
Madeleine help you with the other half.”
Sounding perfectly reasonable, Madeleine went over and
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squatted by the coffee table with Minerva to eat the cake.
Kevin, who was beside them, quickly pushed his own cake
toward Madeleine.
“Mommy, you can have all of mine.”
“No need, Kev. Mommy will just eat your aunt’s. You go ahead
and eat yours.”
Minerva: …
The cake wasn’t actually that big, and Madeleine only had a
couple of bites to satisfy her craving.
But even so, she wasn’t willing to slack off, and pulled Minerva
to the dance studio to practice and burn off the calories.
Just as Madeleine and Minerva left the living room, Kevin put
down his fork.
The little guy didn’t actually like sweets much; he only ate most
of it because his mom had bought it.
He pushed the cake away slightly and looked at the craft
project he had just finished with Aunt Minerva–a handmade
collage.
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“Dad.”
Kevin walked over, holding the picture.
“The teacher said we have to take a picture of our craft project
and upload it.”
“Mm.”
Roderick nodded, took out his phone, and had him hold it up for
a picture.
“The teacher said we have to take it with a parent.”
Roderick: “Me and you? In the picture together?”
It sounded weird, but it was true.
Kevin nodded.
Roderick found it strange. “Why haven’t we taken one before?”
Kirsten, who was passing by, happened to overhear their
conversation and gave an awkward smile.
“Don’t you remember, sir?
Before, this kind of school project was always done by… ahem,
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that bad woman and Kevin.
When she wasn’t around, it was me and Kevin who took the
picture.”
Hearing this, Roderick didn’t say anything, his gaze just quietly
fell on the little guy.
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