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

Frederick to pay for his mother’s medical fees. She

However, she didn’t want Emmanuel to lose his

of his friend.

that you didn’t

Or even something to seal

engagement with?”

Emmanuel shook his

“Mackenzie has plenty of money,

that isn’t important

“Are you silly?”

poked his

world who doesn’t

who marries without giving a betrothal gift?

girl is rich, you still have to gift her something

seal the engagement!”

a gift wasn’t his intention. He just couldn’t afford it for the time being. If he ended up getting her

he was worried that she

him because of that.

to press her case,

her

across her forehead as she

her upper abdomen.

step on

the driver to hurry,

mother’s pain by applying pressure on

acupoints.

the hospital ten

the internal medicine

Alessandra on his back.

caught the attention

hospital entrance.

back seat of a Bentley,

caught a

Emmanuel carrying his mother?

Her condition looks

than mine.

Quillen, we have

quickly alighted from the driver’s

to open

while ago, Mackenzie

work. Thus, Lexi rushed her to the hospital

to help her out of the

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