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

to pay for his mother’s medical fees. She didn’t blame

both of them were best friends. However, she didn’t

of his friend.

this mean that you didn’t give her

something

engagement with?”

Emmanuel shook his head with

“Mackenzie has plenty of

isn’t important

“Are you silly?”

poked

girl in this world who doesn’t like

without giving a

still

seal the engagement!”

sighed in response. Not getting Mackenzie a gift wasn’t his intention. He just couldn’t afford it for

she would

of

wanted to press her case,

caused her kidneys to hurt

out across her forehead as she held

her upper abdomen.

step on it!”

hurry, Emmanuel

pain by applying pressure on her

acupoints.

at the hospital ten

into the internal medicine

his back.

caught the attention of

hospital entrance.

in the back seat of a Bentley, Mackenzie

glimpse of

the person Emmanuel carrying his mother? What

to her? Her condition looks more

than mine.

arrived at

quickly alighted from the driver’s seat and came

open the door.

while ago, Mackenzie suffered a gastric

her

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