Chapter 1

“I know, Mom. I’m in front of the café. Call you later!”

Emmanuel Lowe hung up on his mother impatiently.

The twenty-eight-year-old man had never been in a relationship.

After spending seven years in the army, he retired from the military and worked at a hospital in Yeringham for three years.

He was a gynecologist at the hospital and madeeighty thousand a year.

Worried he would end up old and alone, Emmanuel’s mother urged him to settle down. Since he had no idea where to begin when it came to dating, his mother took matters into her own hands and set him up on multiple blind dates.

Thanks to her efforts, he had gone on seventeen blind dates so far.

Alas, wedding bells were clearly not on the horizon for Emmanuel. It was frustrating. He knew he was just going through the motions at that point.

“Help! Someone help me!”

Right before Emmanuel entered the café, he heard someone calling out weakly for help. you for your kindness!” replied the old man with a smile.

Emmanuel realized then that the old man’s attire was at odds with his airs. Despite his tattered clothes, the old man’s clean hands looked like those of a man accustomed to wealth.

Still, he had no time to satisfy his curiosity. After confirming that the old man was unharmed,

Emmanuel rushed into the café for his blind date. He never once considered being repaid for his kind act earlier.

The café was massive and practically structured like a maze.

Emmanuel’s mother mentioned that his blind date was seated at table number eight. He wandered through the confusing café, but before he could locate the correct table, he stumbled into a special area.

The lighting was softer there, and the floor was scattered with fresh petals.

The sweet scent of flowers wafted through the air. He wondered if he had set foot in heaven.

Emmanuel raised his eyes and immediately froze.

A beautiful, elegant woman sat before a table in the room.

It was no exaggeration to say she embodied perfection itself.

The heavens clearly decided to shower all their favors on her.

The woman quietly sipped her coffee with her legs crossed neatly to the side. On the table was a non-translated copy of The Power Broker.

When she noticed Emmanuel barging into the room, she looked up at him in confusion and disgust.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

When Emmanuel recovered from the shock of stumbling upon the beautiful stranger, he realized his heart was about to beat its way out of his chest.

Never once had he ever felt so attracted to a woman in his twenty-eight years of life.

The countless female bodies he had seen in his work as a gynecologist hardly appealed to him. At some point, he even wondered if he was attracted to women at all.

seemed, the young woman before him made his heart race like a runaway

or am I already

Emmanuel noticed a large number eight sign

She’s my blind date?

to calm himself before

flabbergasted. There was even a hint of hostility

private room is bad enough, but he’s

surprisingly, Emmanuel noticed a large number eight

She’s my blind date?

himself before approaching

woman’s expression grew increasingly flabbergasted. There was even a hint of

into my privateroom is bad enough, but he’s going to sit opposite me like

It was not the first time a woman had scoffed at

to go their separate ways after getting the blind date done and

declaring, “Hi! My

as a gynecologist. I make eighty

courage to say such things to

her lips curved into a smirk, and she

to meet you. I’m Mackenzie Quillen. I’m twenty-seven years old with dual doctorates

billion last year, and I

Emmanuel was stunned.

heck

blind dates came

however, was

the catch? Perhaps she’s mental? Or

sorts of fantastical theories filled Emmanuel’s

at his perplexed expression. The pride in her cool gaze was

to put the stranger in a difficult spot and intimidate

expected, awkward silence lingered in the air after her

Urgh, forget it!

telling the truth was beside the point. Emmanuel decided to go through all the motions so he could at

I’ll always protect and cherish you. I’ll take over all the household chores so you can be a queen at home. Of course, I hope you’ll allow me

that Emmanuel

his earnest expression and apparent lack of shame at his much

burst into a chuckle. She had never

Unimpressed by her reaction, Emmanuel continued, “I know I don’t check all the boxes, but I

“Why are you laughing, Ms. Quillen? Don’t you think you’re

you’re a very good man!” Mackenzie stopped smiling and retorted coldly, “But I think you’re the confused

is going

eyes widened in horror

this table

VIP area. You must be looking for table number eight in the common dining area. Please go out and turn right!” She pointed

Sorry! I’m so sorry! I mixed

into the floor in embarrassment. He jumped to

a blind date? No wonder she was laughing so much. She must have thought

shooting above my weight!

after Emmanuel’s departure, an old

room,

black-clad bodyguards.

have been astonished if

old man was

earlier in front

this is

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