NovelEnglishChapter 116 Chapter 116 Try as she might, Milani couldnt believe Mackenzie was only twenty-seven years oid! Now that she had completely given up on Immanuel she no longer bothered to disguise her contempt for the man * don't get it What does she seein you?" How would know? You'll have to ask her? Immanual answered perfunctory Ha. There s no way I'l tell her the truth that a secret between me and Mackenzie s “Hmph | stl think this is al just an act Milani retorted * too unbelievable None of this makes sense. Emmanuel only eams eighty thousand a year How does he land himself a wife so far out of his league? Fairy tales aren? even this ridiculous! Emmanuel merely smiled and said nothing. He didn't care what the woman thought and only wanted to send her home and cal ita day.
When Emmanuel finally reached home, he wasted no time expressing his gratitude to Mackenzie. “Ms. Quillen, thank you for playing along tonight Not only have you helped me chase away a pesky woman, but you've also made my mother very happy" Mackenzie tried to play it off with a casual smile, but no matter how much she tied, she couldn't hide the iver of satisfaction she felt I can't believe it was So easy to win my mother-in-law over. | sure am a charming daughter-in-law, aren't? ‘Seconds later, however, Mackenzie was back to being cold and indifferent.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt‘Don't overthink it. Im only doing this to repay you for beating Gautier up.
That b*stard has been trying to plot against me over and over again. | should ve dealt with him sooner!” Emmanuel finched litle before looking at Mackenzie with a st smile “You already knew about it, Ms. Quillen?
"Of course. That said, you'd better be on your guard,” Mackenzie wamed.
‘Gautier isn't ike the clingy women around you. He's a lot crafter and harder to deal with. You never know when he's going to strike!” Altnough Ive made Gautier suffer many business losses, I've also almost fallen nto his traps several times. The previous incident had to be the worst! | didn't even know he had drugged my drinks, and if it weren't for Emmanuel timely rescue, | have no doubt Hubert would ve taken ‘advantage of mel Afterward, even if wanted revenge, Gautier would use Hubert 2s his scapegoat while he gets away scores.
I know. Please be careful too, Ms. Quillen. Feel ree to let me know if you need any help. | may not be good at many things, but I'm confident in my fighting skills,” Emmanuel proclaimed.
After all, he was 3 batile-tested soldier who would never cower from a fight for justice! With that, Mackenzie smiled coldly and retumed to her room ‘The next day, Emmanuel was at work when he received an urgent call from Alessandra.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm‘What? Uncle Emerson has been detained overseas?” ‘Yes. | heard he was tricked into carrying out illegal activities abroad, but now that he wants to retum home, his captors are demanding a ransom of one hundred and sixty thousand!” Alessandra choked out To make matters worse, her father, Hermann Cadigan, had called early in the moming and demanded that she chip in sighty thousand. Where vias she supposed to get that much money, though? After listening to Alessandra’s brief rundown, even the mild-mannered Emmanuel could no longer hold back his temper.
a6 He had never liked his grandiather, and he especially hated his good-for-notning uncle, Emerson Cadigan, who only spent hs time lazing ‘around and indulging in vices Unfortunately, Alessandra was born to a famiy in Greendale Village that favored sons over daughters, and marrying off the daughters was nothing more than a financial transaction to the.
‘more than a financial transaction to them.
Argh 1 was told that when Dad wanted to marry Mom, Granddad had the cheek to ask for one hundred thousand as the betrothal git That amount of money wouldve been enough to build a big house back then, for goodness sake! Since Dad had just gotten ot of the army, he had to part with al his savings before he cold marry Mom. Worst of all, Granddad didn't even attend the wedding dinner. Instead, he gave a flimsy excuse.
about the venue being too farl Il never forget how Mom always tears up when she talks about this.
Alas, the more Emmanuel thought about it, the angrier he became. Just when | believed my maternal family had cut all contact with Mor, ‘Granddad led a group of relatives to our house three years ago and insisted that Mom pay off Uncle Emerson's gambling debs of thirty thousand! They wouldn' stop guilt-tripping her by reiterating that she was his sister... Dad had already passed away then, and with me in the army, Roselyn couldn't fend off those sc'mbags by herself. Granddad and Uncle Emerson never thanked us after taking the money, and | can't believe they're doing it again! How shameless can they get? Are we just an ATM to them? Is that why they only come to us when they need money.
and treat us like dirt when we don't have any?
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