Chapter 16

On that night, Emmanuel arrived at the nightclub

named The Paradise.

Beneath his clothes were all bandages!

Standing alone by the door, he puffed at a cigarette in

annoyance.

His mood plummeted when he received a call three

minutes ago, and Roselynn’s voice was still echoing in

his ear. “Manny, Mom was admitted to the hospital

again. She has nephritis! She was asking for you,

wondering when your wife will come and visit. She

thought your wife should have come to see her

already since you two are married.”

Roselynn’s words rendered Emmanuel speechless, and

her remarks still echoed in his ears.

Their father passed away at a young age, and their

mother had to raise him and his sister singlehandedly.

She worked too hard when she was young, and her

unhealthy diet caused her to develop kidney stones.

Some ten years ago, she had to have one of her

kidneys removed, and her only kidney was inflamed.

Emmanuel did not know how long his mother’s body

could hold up.

Her only wish now was to meet her daughter–in–law.

Even seeing her grandchild being born would be a

luxury!

Emmanuel knew he had repeatedly disappointed his

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mother, but this time, he was determined to bring

Mackenzie home to fulfill his mother’s wish!

Meanwhile, Mackenzie was in a daze. She might be

staring at the screen, but she was, in fact, zoning out.

She had never been so worried for someone in her life

that it significantly reduced her efficiency at work.

All of a sudden, her phone rang. It was a call from her

grandfather.

“Hey, Mackenzie! Can the strategic warehouse project

be completed in time? All the directors kept pressuring

me for the progress update!” Terence sounded

anxious.

After all, all shareholders wanted profits. As the

majority shareholder of the company, Terénce

undoubtedly hoped the project would succeed.

“Grandpa, I’m waiting for an update from someone,”

Mackenzie said calmly.

“Updates from someone? Who’s the CEO of Terence

Group? Who’s the decision maker of the company?

And you’re telling me you’re waiting for updates from

expressed his

That’s not how

would usually behave!

want you to give me an answer

raised his voice.

that person is

Terence froze for a moment

kept mum.

while, he expressed his shock. “Why

to make a decision for Terence

Group?”

okay?”

informed

Cloud Construction to

ultimatum by tomorrow morning.”

ended the call.

let out a long breath

sit

could not believe that even during

found herself expecting Emmanuel

solve the problem.

flicked his cigarette

entrance of The Paradise and was ready to

the premises.

pulled him from the

person was Sheldon.

lost your mind?

sake

with, yet you went to him

him and his men to

Fits fubordinate

easily send someone to take your life.

you realize that?” Sheldon exclaimed in

dissuade the

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only had a

human, he

risk

and walked

the nightclub.

the receptionist refused to

guest to

chased him out

refused to

can you stop acting

give up, okay? It’s impossible

earn that money!” Sheldon stayed back,

dampening Emmanuel’s spirit.

giving him the cold shoulder.

that for his

know how I’m feeling and why I’m doing

pointless for me to explain to him

sudden, an Audi arrived at the parking

stunning lady stepped out of her car in

to her. She was dressed in a

gown that revealed

was so smooth that

white poppy flowers.

when he saw

from the aura she exuded,

could

sex appeal and attractive appearance

even hold a candle to her.

that Elena Lyle, the

The Paradise?” Sheldon

taken

hardly move.

in Yeringham, he was naturally familiar

the legends surrounding the

Paradise.

never accompanied her clients on

wanted to

thousand per hour. She was also

for her exclusive taste in wine and would

drink Lafite.

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would only befriend

influential. She was, indeed,

a successful hostess.

nothing about Elena, but

the top hostess

walked toward her

that Samuel would always come and look

was confident that he could

whereabouts from her.

presumptuous move left

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