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.

young woman before him made his heart race like a runaway

I simply nervous, or am I

surprisingly, Emmanuel noticed a large number eight sign on

She’s my blind date?

deep breath to calm himself before approaching

was even a hint of hostility in

bad enough,

noticed a large number eight

She’s my blind date?

took a deep breath to calm himself before approaching her table and

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

is bad enough, but he’s going to sit opposite

It was not the first time a woman

go their separate ways after getting the blind date done and

declaring,

gynecologist. I make eighty thousand a year

would need an incredible amount of courage to say such things to a woman, but Emmanuel

in shock. A moment later, her lips curved into a smirk, and she replied with an

twenty-seven years old with dual doctorates in finance and business administration from

billion last year, and I have a

Emmanuel was stunned.

the heck is

on blind dates

however, was

the catch? Perhaps she’s

fantastical theories filled

The pride in her cool gaze was

to put the stranger in a difficult

awkward silence lingered in the air after

Urgh, forget it!

to go through all the motions so he could at least mollify his mother, even if the date

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 to preserve my masculine pride in front of my family. If we do

a well-worn script that Emmanuel recited

and apparent lack of shame at

long while later, she burst into a chuckle. She had never met a man who could humor

you laughing about?” Unimpressed by her reaction, Emmanuel continued, “I know I don’t check all the boxes, but I promise I’ll be

Emmanuel demanded, “Why are you laughing,

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

What is going

eyes widened in

this table

be looking for table number eight in the common

so sorry! I mixed things

into the floor in embarrassment. He jumped to his feet, ready to make

the wrong table for a blind date? No wonder she was laughing so much. She must have

shooting above my weight!

departure, an

private room, escorted

black-clad bodyguards.

would have been astonished

old man was none other than

had helped earlier in front

“Perhaps this

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