Chapter 43

Upon receiving the loan, Emmanuel went to pick up

Alessandra in a taxi.

“Mom, why did you come to Uncle Benny’s house?”

Emmanuel asked Alessandra when she emerged from

Benny’s residential area.

“I–It’s nothing! I wanted to inform him of your marriage

and invite him over for a meal just to get to know each

other better,” Alessandra lied with a sheepish smile.

In spite of that, Emmanuel knew that she must have

asked Benny for a loan. Moreover, she was hiding the

fact that she was rejected in order for him not to

resent his uncle.

Emmanuel had no illusions as to what kind of person

Benny was. Despite the latter’s wealth, he had never

lent them a single penny. If that wasn’t bad enough,

Benny’s family, being cheap, would take whatever they

fancied every time they dropped by Emmanuel’s home

for a visit.

“Mom, Mackenzie has given me thirty thousand. I can

afford to pay for your treatment now,” Emmanuel

informed her once she got into the car.

“What? You borrowed another thirty thousand?”

The news shocked Alessandra.

had told her

pay for

both of them were best friends. However, she didn’t want Emmanuel to lose

of his friend.

that you didn’t give

Or even something

engagement with?”

his head with a wry

plenty of money, so this is

isn’t important to her.”

“Are you silly?”

exasperated Alessandra poked his head. “There’s

world who doesn’t like presents. On top of

who marries without giving a betrothal

is rich, you still have

seal the engagement!”

He just couldn’t afford it for

was worried that she

of that.

to press her

kidneys to

broke out across her forehead as

her upper abdomen.

step

urging the driver to hurry, Emmanuel tried

applying

acupoints.

their arrival at the hospital

into the internal medicine department with

his

attention of many at the

hospital entrance.

the back seat of

caught a glimpse of

person Emmanuel carrying his mother? What

to her? Her condition

than mine.

have arrived at the hospital.”

from the driver’s seat

to open the door.

short while ago, Mackenzie suffered a

work. Thus, Lexi rushed her to

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