Howard Coleman also stopped in his tracks, and after a little while, he turned his head, looked at Madeleine, and paused even longer before asking, "I just heard you talking with Aunt, are you preparing to go on a blind date, to get married?"
The reason Madeleine could naturally continue the conversation with her mom was only to put her mom at ease. Now, Howard's sudden question left her, for a moment, somewhat at a loss for words.
To marry… to completely lose the man she loved, whom was she going to marry?
Yet, the first thing he asked her when they were alone was about her marriage, was he worried that she might still cling to him after her return, so he urgently sought to confirm it?
A sourness spread through Madeleine's nose, and it took great effort for her to stretch her lips into a smile, forcing out words to put Howard's mind at ease, "In a few days, I'll be thirty. At such an age, if I don't get married soon, in a few years I really might not find anyone suitable."
