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 dismay. What

to my granddaughter? That’s

would usually behave!

me an answer right

raised his voice.

person is Emmanuel!”

Emmanuel?” Terence froze for a moment

kept mum.

a while, he expressed his shock.

for him to make a decision for Terence

Group?”

asking, okay?”

“Anyway, I’ve informed the

from Cloud Construction to be on standby. I’ll

an ultimatum by

ended the

let out a long breath and

sit

could not believe that even

herself expecting Emmanuel to

solve the problem.

Emmanuel flicked his cigarette in front

of The Paradise and was ready to enter

the premises.

him from the back, and the

person was Sheldon.

your mind?

for the sake of money? Mr. Webber

person to deal with, yet

men to vacate that piece of

16 Fits

He could easily send someone to

that?” Sheldon exclaimed in agitation,

to dissuade the

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he only had a professional relationship

to human, he

to risk his

ignored him and walked straight into

the nightclub.

refused

guest to him:

him

he refused

can you stop acting crazy? We can’t

person. Just give up, okay?

earn that money!” Sheldon stayed back,

dampening Emmanuel’s spirit.

giving him the

that for his

feeling and why I’m

to explain to him at

a sudden, an Audi arrived

lady stepped out of

her. She was

revealed her long and

was

white poppy

when he saw the

she exuded, the woman’s

could

and attractive

a candle to her.

isn’t that Elena Lyle, the top

Sheldon exclaimed, captivated by

taken aback

hardly move.

man living in Yeringham, he

surrounding the top hostess of

Paradise.

that she never

who wanted to

per hour. She

for her exclusive taste in wine and would only

drink Lafite.

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Elena would only befriend people

wealthy and influential. She

of a successful

nothing about Elena,

him she was the top hostess in

walked toward her

told him that Samuel would

he was confident

whereabouts from

move

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