Chapter 16

On that night, Emmanuel arrived at the nightclub

named The Paradise.

Beneath his clothes were all bandages!

Standing alone by the door, he puffed at a cigarette in

annoyance.

His mood plummeted when he received a call three

minutes ago, and Roselynn’s voice was still echoing in

his ear. “Manny, Mom was admitted to the hospital

again. She has nephritis! She was asking for you,

wondering when your wife will come and visit. She

thought your wife should have come to see her

already since you two are married.”

Roselynn’s words rendered Emmanuel speechless, and

her remarks still echoed in his ears.

Their father passed away at a young age, and their

mother had to raise him and his sister singlehandedly.

She worked too hard when she was young, and her

unhealthy diet caused her to develop kidney stones.

Some ten years ago, she had to have one of her

kidneys removed, and her only kidney was inflamed.

Emmanuel did not know how long his mother’s body

could hold up.

Her only wish now was to meet her daughter–in–law.

Even seeing her grandchild being born would be a

luxury!

Emmanuel knew he had repeatedly disappointed his

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mother, but this time, he was determined to bring

Mackenzie home to fulfill his mother’s wish!

Meanwhile, Mackenzie was in a daze. She might be

staring at the screen, but she was, in fact, zoning out.

She had never been so worried for someone in her life

that it significantly reduced her efficiency at work.

All of a sudden, her phone rang. It was a call from her

grandfather.

“Hey, Mackenzie! Can the strategic warehouse project

be completed in time? All the directors kept pressuring

me for the progress update!” Terence sounded

anxious.

After all, all shareholders wanted profits. As the

majority shareholder of the company, Terénce

undoubtedly hoped the project would succeed.

“Grandpa, I’m waiting for an update from someone,”

Mackenzie said calmly.

“Updates from someone? Who’s the CEO of Terence

Group? Who’s the decision maker of the company?

And you’re telling me you’re waiting for updates from

expressed his

granddaughter? That’s

would usually behave!

give me

raised his voice.

person is Emmanuel!” she

froze for

kept mum.

while, he expressed his shock. “Why

to wait for him to make a decision for

Group?”

okay?” Mackenzie

“Anyway, I’ve informed

Construction to be on standby. I’ll

ultimatum by tomorrow

she ended the call.

let out a long breath

sit still.

not believe that even during that

still found herself expecting Emmanuel to

solve the problem.

the night fell, Emmanuel flicked

the entrance of The Paradise and was

the premises.

pulled him from the back, and the

person was Sheldon.

you lost your mind? Would you really

the sake of money? Mr. Webber is

to deal with, yet you went to

his men to

Fits fubordinate

He could easily send someone

realize that?” Sheldon exclaimed in agitation,

to dissuade the man.

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only had a professional

human to human, he did

risk his

him and walked straight

the nightclub.

the receptionist refused to reveal

guest to him:

chased him

he refused

can you stop acting

person. Just give up, okay?

that money!” Sheldon stayed

dampening Emmanuel’s spirit.

continued giving him the cold shoulder.

that for his

how I’m feeling and why I’m

me to explain to him at

a sudden, an Audi arrived at

stepped out of her car in high heels,

to her. She was dressed

silver gown that revealed her

skin was so

white poppy flowers.

jaw dropped when he saw the

the aura she exuded, the woman’s beauty

could

and

even hold a candle to

goodness, isn’t that Elena Lyle, the top hostess

Sheldon exclaimed,

He was so taken aback that

hardly move.

Yeringham, he

surrounding the

Paradise.

she never accompanied her clients on

who wanted to

pay thirty–eight thousand per

exclusive taste in wine and would

drink Lafite.

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words, Elena would only befriend people

influential. She was, indeed, the very

of a successful

knew nothing about Elena, but the

she was the top hostess

walked toward her

him that Samuel would always

confident that he

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