CHAPTER 467

As Leigh and Lucas chattered away, Madeline, Aldo, and Buddy all received their presents from Patrick and Paul.

Paul had given the children a yacht and Madeline an estate, while Patrick gave the children a private plane and Madeline an island.

Madeline was speechless.

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"These are all too much. We can't accept them," she tried to decline.

"You deserve it," Patrick declared. "We haven't had new members in the family in a long time, but you gave us two adorable children at once! We can't thank you enough for that. You deserve everything. In fact, you and Seb should keep up the good work! We'd love to have more young ones around."

Paul stroked Aldo and Buddy's heads. "The island has a lot of things that kids love. We heard how tough it was for you to take care of the two boys back then. You can rely on Seb to take care of all of you now, so you should take the kids around more. They won't stay kids for long. All we want is to see you and the kids having a good life."

Even so, Madeline didn't feel that it was right for her to accept the gifts. She kept trying to decline. In the end, Patrick waved his hand and firmly declared, "Don't feel the need to decline. Everything Paul and I have will one day go to Seb anyway, and what Seb has will go to Aldo and Buddy too, so it's just a matter of getting it sooner rather than later. Just take them! You don't need to be so courteous over these things."

"Yeah. Just accept it," Sebastian said with a smile. "90% of the presents I've received in my life all come from Uncle Patrick and Uncle Paul. From now on, you'll have to get used to it too."

Buddy's eyes sparkled. "Whoa! Daddy, your uncles are way better than mine! My uncles have only given me a present once!"

"Is that so? That's terrible of them!" Paul pretended to be outraged. "It's fine, Buddy. It doesn't matter that your uncles aren't good to you. Your Granduncle Patrick and Granduncle Paul will give you and Aldo many presents in the future."

"Yay! That's great!" Buddy clapped excitedly. "I love presents!"

Once again, Madeline was dumbstruck.

Patrick and Paul were extravagant in their generosity and her son was shameless enough to accept it without question!

Buddy went over to Patrick and Paul to give them each a peck on the cheek. "Thank you, Granduncle Patrick and Granduncle Paul! You're both so young, though. You don't look like granduncles at all!"

Patrick and Paul were tickled pink by his flattery.

Paul ruffled Buddy's hair and turned to Philip. "Philip, I never thought our family would get so lucky. Not only did we get two little grandkids, but such smart and adorable ones too! Look at how handsome they are. They remind me of Seb when he was a child. I can't help but adore them!"

Philip chuckled. "Aldo and Buddy are a lot cuter than Seb when he was their age. Seb was so annoying as a child. He wasn't as adorable as Aldo and Buddy."

Buddy turned to Sebastian and giggled. "Hehe. You were an annoying child, Daddy!"

Sebastian was speechless.

He gave Philip an exasperated look. "Dad, don't exaggerate in front of the children. They'll believe you."

"Who said I was exaggerating?" Philip fired back. "It's all true! When you were a child, you didn't have even one-tenth of Aldo and Buddy's cuteness!"

"Hahaha!" Buddy giggled gleefully with his feet swaying in the air. "That's because Aldo and I inherited all of Daddy's good genes and became even cuter than he was!"

Patrick and Paul laughed heartily at Buddy's comments.

Paul hugged Buddy and said, "What a precious child. I like you very much. Why don't you come home with your Granduncle Paul, hm? You'll have hundreds of people to do your bidding and play with you. You can do whatever you want!"

"Yes!" Patrick pulled Buddy over to him. "Come with your Granduncle Patrick, Aldo. I have even more people at my house and they'll all follow your command too. You'll be our little prince, and what you say goes!"

"Cut that out!" Philip barked. "Are you bandits or something? Why are you trying to steal my grandsons away from me? If you like children so much, then have some of your own! Don't set your sights on my precious grandkids!"

"Well, I would've but I couldn't have any of my own," Paul replied. "I wouldn't have waited so long if I could."

"That's right!" Patrick agreed. "Don't be so selfish, Philip. Seb and Maddie are still so young, and Aldo and Buddy have grown up into fine young boys now. The couple will still have plenty of time to have more children! You can let Aldo and Buddy be our heirs instead. A lot of people have their eyes on our family assets, you know. Shouldn't you be celebrating the fact that we're giving it to Aldo and Buddy?"

"Hah! As if we don't have family assets of our own!" Philip let out a disgruntled snort. "Yes, I'm not as wealthy as you two, but I'm still a man of good standing in society! Aldo will take over from me in the future! Why would we be interested in that little bit of family assets of yours?"

Madeline couldn't resist laughing.

It was hard to believe that the stern and serious-looking Philip that she saw on television was just like a stubborn child in private.

She was highly amused.

That being said, she thought that Philip was being a little too haughty.

Patrick and Paul had given her a whole island, and yet Philip was scoffing at their assets as if they didn't amount to much. Didn't that count as being a little too haughty?

"You have a point," Patrick said. "Aldo will need to take over from you and Buddy will need to take over from Seb. In that case, Seb and Maddie should hurry up and have two more children."

He turned to Sebastian and Madeline. "Your Uncle Paul and I are reserving your next two children, so hurry up and get things going! Once they're born, they'll be our successors!"

Madeline was at a loss for words.

Although she had the genetic predisposition for twins, she couldn't guarantee that she'd be just like her mother and give birth to two sets of twins in a row.

"Shut up, both of you!" Philip snorted. "No matter how many kids Seb and Maddie have, they're all going to be my precious grandkids. Don't even think about stealing them from me! Once they're all grown up, I'll let them do whatever they want, but don't you dare try to take them away when they're still young!"

He had missed out on the first five years of Aldo and Buddy's lives, and even now, he still regretted that. Thus, if Sebastian and Madeline were to have another child, he wanted to stay right beside them and watch the child grow up. He didn't want to miss out on anything. I won't let anyone take that away from me!

"That works," Patrick said. "We can always just move back into the country when the time comes. It's not as if we don't have a place to stay."

"Exactly," Paul agreed. "Now that we're old, we realize that home will always be home. We'll move back into the country once Seb and Maddie have their next child."

"You're not that old yet, Granduncle Patrick and Granduncle Paul!" Buddy piped up. "You look just as young and handsome as the actors I see on the television! And you're tall too! You're both very handsome!"