After Aldrich arrived in New York, United States, Barnett personally came to pick him up and sat in the stretched Lincoln. Aldrich was still energetic after a sleepless night, and had another long conversation with Barnett about the topic of what he was about to become.
Father's joy.
Barnett was frightened by him and kept reminding him to calm down. As a father, he could understand Aldrich's joy, but he could not understand the other's excitement beyond the ordinary range.
Of course he couldn't understand it. In reality, Aldrich was considered a "old man with a son". He lived for more than forty years before having a child of his own. It's not that he couldn't get it before, but in a strange place.
The sudden impact of joy made him even more excited.
Barnett invited Aldrich to stay at his mansion in the United States. Aldrich disagreed. He couldn't wait to see Melanie. Barnett asked the driver to drive him to the hotel where Melanie was staying.
When Aldrich walked into the hotel and came to the room where Melanie was, he suddenly became unusually calm when he faced Melanie who opened the door for him.
Melanie, who was wearing casual clothes, looked at him with a smile and raised her lips, waiting for him to rush over and pick her up. However, Aldrich walked into the room, closed the door gently, turned around and looked at her gently.
Staring at Melanie.
"Damn it, Aldrich, what are you waiting for? Come on, hold me!"
Melanie rushed over, threw herself into his arms, and hugged him tightly.
Aldrich also hugged her, but cautiously.
"Be careful, be careful..."
He gently held her back to prevent her from making any big movements.
Melanie held his face and said with a smile: "Looking at how nervous you are, I don't even feel anything. If it hadn't been for my missed period recently, who would have known that I would be pregnant."
"It's okay if you didn't know before. Now that you know it, you have to be careful."
Aldrich let go of her, took her hand and walked to the bed to sit down.
Melanie saw the bloodshot eyes in his eyes and asked distressedly: "Aren't you resting?"
Aldrich smiled and said: "Can't sleep."
"Then sleep now! You must!"
Melanie took off his clothes with her own hands, then asked him to lie on the bed, and took off her coat. She got into the bed wearing her underwear, leaned on his shoulder, put one hand on his chest, and said with a smile:
"Let you sleep more comfortably."
Aldrich sniffed the fragrance of her hair and closed his eyes contentedly. Now he was really tired. Before his consciousness became blurred, he spoke to Melanie in a lower and lower voice.
"I have decided on the names of the children. The boy will be called Bert and the girl will be called Bonnie."
"Burt, Bonnie, that's a nice name."
Melanie asked him to think of two names, and Aldrich completed the task.
She thought about it. Bert, symbolized brilliance and glory, and Bonnie, symbolized elegance and kindness.
"I hope our children can be like you, named Aldrich. Wise ruler, Hall. Heroic glory, Aldrich-Hall, haha, wise and glorious heroic ruler."
"These are parents' best wishes for their children..."
Aldrich fell asleep. Melanie raised her chin and stared at his face closely. She closed her eyes and leaned in for a gentle kiss. Then she closed her eyes and lay peacefully in his arms.
When Aldrich woke up, he opened his eyes and saw that it was already dark outside the window of the room, and the clock on the wall of the room showed that it was already 11 o'clock in the evening.
Melanie stayed in a suite. In addition to the bedroom, there was also a living room outside. She was watching TV in the living room with a very low volume.
Aldrich came in a hurry this time, and besides his ID, he didn't even bring a change of clothes, so he got up and put on his suit again, but he didn't pack it neatly.
When he walked to the living room, Melanie turned around and smiled: "Did I wake you up?"
If you didn't walk into the living room, you could barely hear the sound coming from the TV. Aldrich walked over and leaned down to kiss her passionately, then sat down next to her, while Melanie called the hotel to deliver food.
He had already prepared a sumptuous meal for the waiter, and would bring it in when Aldrich woke up.
The two were enjoying delicious food in the living room. Halfway through the meal, Aldrich suddenly said: "Let's get married."
Melanie was stunned for a moment, and Aldrich continued: "You go back to London, and we can buy a new house, or live in the eastern suburbs. Although it is a bit far from where I work, it doesn't matter."
Melanie recovered from the surprise and frowned: "Aldrich, what are you talking about?"
Aldrich smiled and said: "I'm talking about us. When we get married, of course we will live together, and we will have a child soon. We will raise the child together, right?"
Melanie asked, "Where's my job? Where's my career?"
Aldridge said matter-of-factly: "Halliwell has decided to quit. The other members of the Spice Girls, Victoria, also want to quit, right? If Beckham hadn't become a sinner in England in France, they would all be married by now. Your career
We have achieved great success, and now, I think it is a good time to enter a new stage in my life."
Hearing this, Melanie shook her head and said seriously: "You mean to let me become a housewife? Aldrich, I can't influence other people's thoughts. It is her choice to withdraw from Halliwell. If Victoria wants to marry
Becoming a full-time wife after marrying Beckham is also her choice
, I'm not satisfied yet. My career has only started three or four years since my debut. Yes, the Spice Girls have achieved success. Maybe they are in danger of disbanding now, but it doesn't mean that my career is finished. No.
As for other members, I think I can be successful as well."
Aldrich also frowned slightly and said softly: "I'm not doubting whether you can succeed in leaving the Spice Girls. I just think that if we are together and form a complete family, we should at least live together and have children.
circumstances."
"I don't think having a baby will affect the fact that we are together."
"But I need you to be by my side, and I need my children to see their mother at home every day. And if you continue your current career, you will definitely not be able to take care of the family most of the time."
Melanie and Aldrich had a heated argument. The two of them were going back and forth, not giving in verbally.
"Having a child does not mean that adults need to be at home 24 hours a day! Many couples or couples come here like this, and I don't think there is a problem with this!"
"No, you didn't understand what I said. I need a complete family, which includes me, you, and children. Let me go home after work and see my wife and children. We can sit at the table to eat and talk.
Any topic in life, rather than the feeling of a couple falling in love every now and then.”
Aldrich stood up and said loudly, his face extremely serious.
Melanie also stood up and said directly: "You have a career, and I also have a career. Why did you ask me to give up? Why didn't you give up your job to accompany me?"
Aldrich was speechless.
Yes, why should he ask Melanie to give up her career to fulfill his desires?
After living in Europe for more than ten years, Aldrich finally experienced firsthand the differences between Eastern and Western concepts at this moment.
In terms of family concepts, he is somewhat conservative. He believes that a family should consist of men working outside the home, and if conditions permit, women should stay at home and wait, especially if there are children, to support their husbands and raise their children.
The atmosphere in the living room became tense, and neither of them spoke or even looked at each other. Melanie turned her head and looked away, while Aldrich put one hand on his hip and the other on his forehead and bowed his head slightly.
He was obviously thinking.
But his thoughts panicked Melanie.
Aldrich is not the kind of person who gets angry unreasonably. After spending so many years together, she knows this man well.
His thinking must be making a decision.
He is a stubborn person, especially when a person desires something, the power of desire will make his attitude extremely firm.
Melanie felt aggrieved, with tears in her eyes, and used the most normal reaction of a woman to break the oppressive silence.
complain.
"Aldrich, I love you, and you love me too, but you said you wanted to marry me, but you didn't even prepare an engagement ring. You said it in an understatement. I don't ask you to give me much romance, at least it should be formal.
Propose?"
She mentioned the marriage simply because she wanted to remind Aldrich how far the relationship between the two had reached.
Aldrich raised his head and said calmly: "Marriage? I don't know, if our status has not changed in any way before and after marriage, what's the point of getting married? I was wrong just now, I shouldn't take it for granted.
You give up your career, but if we can't be here
We have reached an agreement on the matter, but I don’t think things will develop in the direction we expect. Melanie, please consider my request carefully. I know that it will take you from singer Melanie Chisholm to Melanie Chisholm.
Lanie Hall is asking you to make certain sacrifices..."
Before Aldridge finished speaking, Melanie shook her head with tears in her eyes and said: "No, I don't. You spent so many years studying, traveling around Europe, and seeking advice from various football academies to achieve today's success.
What about me? Before I became famous, I worked hard day by day.
At the cost of water! You can't give up easily, why can I? Aldrich, we don't need to get married, but keep the current status, even if we have children, it won't have much impact, we can hire a nanny, okay
Let the elders help take care of..."
"But this is not what I want. You and I have different jobs. You are in Berlin today and Paris tomorrow. You can enjoy different scenery after work, but what about me? Most of the time throughout the year, it is the training ground and the competition ground.
Club, I need more life in my life
Element, I need to go home happily at the end of work, knowing that someone is waiting for me at home, I can see my wife's figure, I can see the face of my children, which can make me forget all the fatigue and feel the fulfillment of life! This
That’s what I want, can you give it to me? Can you?”
Aldrich's tone was soft, more like a request.
But Melanie remained silent, tears falling down her face.
Aldrich already has his answer.
He lowered his head and smiled to himself.
It's too naive to think.
Love and life are sometimes two different things.
He walked back to the bedroom and put on his leather shoes. When he walked to the living room, he came to Melanie's side and tried to wipe away the tears on her face, but Melanie opened his extended hand directly.
"Take good care of yourself."
"What do you mean? Break up?"
Melanie turned her head and looked into his eyes.
Aldrich said softly: "I just hope you can calmly think about it for a while."
"unnecessary!"
Aldrich looked at her deeply, then walked to the door, opened it and walked out.
