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.

Emmanuel shook his head even though he had one which was mostly used

by his family.

perfect. I’ll give you one now. From now

announced, disregarding Emmanuel’s

continued, “I’ll call you Manuel from

earth?” Emmanuel furrowed

She

how did you manage to

night?” she asked.

incident grew stronger. Mackenzie

questioning.

to

couldn’t provide a straightforward response because

know about his past

deal with the female boss to save your life?”

made a guess when she

last night, and this seemed to be the

possibility. After all, Emmanuel had good looks

It was possible that the woman had fallen

had even imagined explicit scenes in

the case, she couldn’t help but feel

Mackenzie.

deal? What kind of deal? We just

Emmanuel confessed.

Did

a hug, and that was

She hugged you? Was it a tight

Why are you asking about this?”

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