Chapter 138

After finishing his shift at the hospital, Emmanuel drove his Maserati straight

to Terence Group the next day.

To his surprise, he ran into Beatrix just as she got out of her car at the

entrance of the company building.

“Hey, Dummy!” Beatrix waved at Emmanuel.

Frowning, the man stepped out of his car and approached her, adopting a

serious tone. “Ms. Beatrix, I am not a dummy.”

“If you aren’t a dummy, why did you respond when I called?” Beatrix chuckled.

If she wasn’t his boss, he would have considered snapping back.

“All right, I won’t call you that anymore, okay? Don’t be so angry!”

Beatrix quickly tried to placate him, considering he had saved her life and

was also her brother–in–law. She felt obligated to show him some respect.

After all, the nickname was reserved exclusively for Mackenzie.

“Do you have a nickname?” Beatrix asked.

head even though he had one which was mostly

by his family.

now. From now on, you’ll go by

disregarding Emmanuel’s preferences. Before

“I’ll call you Manuel from

earth?” Emmanuel

willful. She had forced a name upon

you manage

night?” she asked.

curiosity about the incident grew stronger. Mackenzie had

despite her relentless questioning. She turned her

hoping to unravel the

provide a

to know about his past

strike some sort of deal with the female boss to

a guess when she

night, and this seemed to be

Emmanuel had

the woman

imagined explicit scenes in

indeed the case, she couldn’t

Mackenzie.

kind of deal? We just spent

Emmanuel confessed.

Alone together? Did

me a hug, and that was

She hugged you? Was it a tight

hug. Why are you asking

his brows, thinking that there was

demeanor of an

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