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.

to my granddaughter? That’s not

would usually behave!

give me an answer right now!” The

Terence raised his

is

froze for a

kept mum.

he expressed his shock.

for him to make a decision for

Group?”

stop asking, okay?” Mackenzie

informed

Construction to

an ultimatum by tomorrow morning.”

ended

let out a long breath

to sit still.

that even during that

still found herself expecting Emmanuel to

solve the problem.

night fell, Emmanuel flicked his cigarette

of The Paradise and was

the premises.

him from the back,

person was Sheldon.

have you lost your mind? Would

sake

to deal with, yet you

men to vacate that piece

Fits fubordinate

send someone to take

that?” Sheldon

to dissuade the

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a professional

from human to human, he

risk his

and walked straight into

the nightclub.

receptionist refused

their guest to

even chased him out of

he refused to leave.

can you stop acting crazy? We can’t

up,

that money!” Sheldon stayed back, further

dampening Emmanuel’s spirit.

him the cold

Sheldon was saying that for his own good.

feeling and why I’m

pointless for me to explain to him

of a sudden, an Audi arrived at the

a stunning lady stepped out of her

drawn to her. She

that revealed her

skin was so smooth that it

white poppy flowers.

dropped when he

the aura she exuded, the

could

and attractive appearance

hold a candle to her.

goodness, isn’t that Elena Lyle,

Paradise?” Sheldon exclaimed, captivated

was so taken aback that he could

hardly move.

Yeringham,

the top hostess

Paradise.

she never accompanied her clients on

who wanted to

thirty–eight thousand per hour. She

exclusive taste in wine and would

drink Lafite.

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words, Elena would only befriend people

She

of a

nothing about Elena, but

she was the top

toward her

told him that Samuel would always come and look

confident that he

about Samuel’s whereabouts

sudden presumptuous move left

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