Our Bigshot Mommy Is Pretty and Cool - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: You Sure are Smart

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

At that moment, Madeline felt her chest tighten. There was a strange pain that crawled into her heart, making her unable to breathe.

She then looked at the usually mischievous Aurora. This time, with someone accompanying her, she was actually cleaning up the mess obediently.

Although the children had made a huge mess, they really wanted to help her clean up. This made Madeline unable to reprimand them. Finally, she sighed and went forward. “Forget it, I’ll do it myself!”

However, how could the two little helpers idle around? They insisted on helping her.

“No way. I’m a man. I have to take good care of my mother.”

“Everyone says that daughters are their mother’s sweetheart. I want to be Mommy’s little helper too.”

Madeline was very relieved to see this. She beckoned for the two children to come closer, and only when she hugged them did she feel at ease.

Previously, Madeline had some opinions about Hugo, mostly because he was Courtney’s son, and she had a giant feud against Courtney. As the saying goes, love me, love my dog. Since she hated Courtney to the core, how could she like her son?

However, this thought seemed to have been erased completely. She had to admit that this child was really cute.

Under Madeline’s lead, they worked for over two hours, and finally, all three of them collapsed on the sofa.

Seeing the two children sleeping soundly in her arms, Madeline felt that her life was complete.

If only this child wasn’t Courtney’s, but her own!

However, Madeline was quickly amused by her own shameless idea.

The next morning, just as the three of them were having breakfast, the doorbell rang. Favian was usually the only one who would come at this hour.

However, when Aurora ran to open the door, she heard her call out warmly, “Daddy, you’re here!”

Madeline, who was sitting at the dining table, was so anxious that she coughed and choked on her food.

The man at the door strode in and handed her a glass of water. “Why are you so agitated? Could it be that you feel something for me?”

Madeline waved at him, indicating for him to stay away from her. She then replied, “You’re really out of my league. You’d better not say such scary things. You came at the right time. Take your son back with you.”

Hugo said, “I’m also your son.”

Madeline was at a loss for words. This time, it was her turn to look at the little boy pitifully, afraid that he would say something shocking again.

“Anyway, take him away quickly and don’t appear in front of me again.”

Madeline knew very well that as long as Hugo was at her house, Augustus would come over anytime. She had already been labeled as a mistress; if she continued to interact with him, she might be accused of seducing a married man.

She had to put an end to this. She had to!

However, Augustus asked calmly, “What if I refuse to take him away?”

“… What a perfectly shameless answer. Don’t tell me that you really want to get close to me? What is it about me that has caught your eye? Tell me, and I’ll change.”

She thought about how the two of them hated each other at first sight, so why did this person suddenly care about her?

“Don’t misunderstand me. I’m doing this purely because of Hugo. I’m here today to inform you that Aurora will be able to go to Astor Corporation’s kindergarten with Hugo from today onwards.”

“What if I refuse?”

“If you refuse, I’ll make sure that you won’t be able to survive in Washington.”

Madeline had seen many despicable and shameless people, but this was the first time she had seen someone so shameless that there were no words to describe his behavior.

Aurora, who was behind her, jumped up happily when she heard that she could study with Hugo. “That’s great, Mom. From now on, I can study with my brother. I won’t be afraid of being lonely anymore.”

Madeline’s struggle of bringing up Aurora single-handedly, as well as her guilt towards Aurora being raised by a struggling mother, were her greatest regrets.

Initially, she was worried that Aurora wouldn’t be able to handle being around these two people after they came back. However, seeing how close she was to Hugo and how they were like twin siblings, she felt relieved.

Madeline looked at her daughter and asked gently, “Aurora, do you really want to study with Hugo?”

To do this, Aurora had to remain interested, so it would be better if she listened to Aurora’s opinion.

Aurora nodded firmly. “Yes, Mom. Just let me be with Hugo. I like him.”

Now that her daughter was very satisfied with the father-son pair, if she continued to stop her, she wouldn’t be happy even if she sent her to another good kindergarten.

In the end, Madeline had no choice but to concede. She glanced at the confident Augustus and said, “I will follow your arrangement this time. I will also pay all the necessary fees.”

Augustus snorted coldly. “The annual fee is five million dollars. Do you want to pay by cash or by credit card?”

Madeline only had one thought in her mind: Can I take back what I just said?

Augustus then quickly said, when he saw her expression, “Of course, I can give you a discount, but I have a condition.”

Hearing that it could be waived, Madeline looked at him with great interest and said curiously, “Tell me your conditions!”

“From today onwards, my son and I will have our meals here. I’ve discovered that this environment has positive benefits towards Hugo’s character development, and it will help him.”

This was completely out of Madeline’s expectations. She thought she was going to have to work for free to compensate for the money, or even have to sell herself or do something similar.

However, she did not expect his condition to be so easy.

Five million dollars. What should she feed them with before she could pay off the entire sum?

“I’ll give you a minute to think about it. If you want to go back on your word, I have no objections.”

“There’s no need! I’ll answer you right now, I agree!” Anyway, for the sake of money, anything could be discussed.

Augustus cast her a contemptuous look. Indeed, this woman loved money. She was willing to do anything to cover this expense.

Madeline quickly got into character and politely said, “President Astor, would you like to have some breakfast? I’ll serve you from today onwards.”

Augustus snorted derisively. “You sure are smart!”

As he spoke, he walked over to the dining table. When he saw the two children, a strange feeling arose in his heart. He had to admit it, he really liked Aurora.

Otherwise, a cold person like him would never meddle in other people’s business. This time, he even personally arranged a place for Aurora in the kindergarten so that she could go to school with his son.

As his thoughts ran, he picked up a spoon on the table and started eating the remaining cereal from the bowl in front of him..