"What are you talking about?" Serena thought she heard wrong, how old was Manuel and was she arranging an engagement for him?
She wasn't planning to set him up on a blind date, was she?
Serena thought he was joking, but Cristian seemed to understand her doubts and then proposed in all seriousness, "I saw the Rossi Group's daughter the other day, she's pretty, and she's perfect for Manuel."
"What?"
Cristian coughed slightly, a little embarrassed actually, he had not paid attention to the family's appearance, he had only heard that the Rossi Group had a daughter, a year or two younger than Manuel, so he remembered.
As for her appearance, it didn't matter; what mattered was arranging Manuel's wedding so that he would stop nagging his mom all day.
"I'll ask his father to talk a few times and then I'll have the two boys meet."
Serena: "?"
She had not had much clarity about what was going on in front of her, as she had not even reacted to the idea of asking for clarification from earlier.
But Cristian had continued to set things in motion, and when she heard him say that he was arranging for his son to meet the girl, Serena finally could not contain herself.
"How old is Manuel? What was that thing you just said? Are you sure you are serious?"
Cristian took her hand in his, his dark eyes watching her.
"Yes, Manuel is not too young, children need to be raised from a young age, those who are in a good position to raise him together, and when he graduates high school he will get married right away."
Serena half-closed her red lips, thinking that it was not untraceable for Cristian to get that idea, so she asked, "You're not trying to find him a date because of me, are you?"
"So what?"
I didn't expect Cristian to be honest enough to admit it, "He fights me every day for you, you are my woman, so he needs to find one, let him find his woman."
Serena's lips twitched, "He's your son."
"So what?" Cristian sneered, "Even if he is my son, he can't steal my woman."
Serena was speechless, for this jealousy had gone too far.
"Cristian, I know you are jealous, but you have to be jealous in moderation. Manuel is still young and it is scandalous to find him a date at this time.
"Why not? Weren't there parents who were matchmakers in the old days? Besides, we're just introducing him, it's not like we're asking him to get married, so let him get along first, like a childhood friend, maybe later."
It made so much sense that Serena couldn't even argue.
"I still don't think so, this whole thing doesn't look good at all."
"Then just introduce them as a couple of playmates and drop the whole object thing."
Because Serena denied it, Cristian immediately moved on to another set of words, Serena glanced at Cristian, his eyes were persistent, it seemed he would not give up until the object was achieved.
Did a playmate seem more acceptable than a blind date?
"When he was in school, didn't he share a table with a girl? What's wrong with knowing multiple girls? Don't you want Manuel to have more options?"
As a mother, Serena had never really thought about it, not because she didn't want to, but because she hadn't thought about it for at least the first ten years.
Now that Cristian had asked her so abruptly, she didn't really know what to do.
Probably because he could see she was conflicted, Cristian took her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, his voice slow and low, with a guiding touch.
"I'm his father, too, and although I'm jealous, I'm not going to hurt him, I just want to give him more room to move on his own. Besides, it's not good for him to torment you all day and depend on you like this, you're tired of dividing your day between me, Manuel and Lea. If he would stop nagging you, you could spend more time with Lea in the future too, eh?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Very boring...she is actually just dragging and dragging..no one is so stupid as the female in this story...