Chapter 9

Given Mackenzie’s fussiness, Emmanuel knew that

things would turn out bad whether she agreed to go

home with him or not.

“I’m sorry, but my schedule is full. I won’t have time this

entire week,” she answered.

Emmanuel nodded at her reply, which, weirdly enough,

made him both disappointed and relieved.

Well, as I thought, it won’t be easy to get her home to

meet my family.

“Hold on!”

Emmanuel saw a ray of hope when Mackenzie called

out just as he was about to leave the room.

Did she change her mind? Don’t tell me she’s found a

suitable time to go home with me.

To his dismay, he saw Mackenzie holding out a bank

card toward him when he turned back.

“What is this?” he asked with a frown, confounded.

He had no idea why Mackenzie was giving him money,

especially when he had not given Mackenzie the sixty

grand his mother earned with all her hard work

because he suspected their marriage might be a

scam.

What is going on?

“I don’t want that kind of cheap food at home

anymore. There’s a hundred thousand in this card, so

use it to buy whatever is needed for our home. I hope

you can find time to do some shopping for the house.

We do need a lot of things here. Just let me know if you

need more money.”

From her no-nonsense way of talking, one would easily

think Mackenzie was assigning a task to Emmanuel at

work.

Upset by how absurd the whole situation was,

Emmanuel pushed the card back, insisting, “I’m the

man of the house, and I have a job too. I don’t need

you to pay for anything I’m using.”

His response elicited a frown from Mackenzie.

What’s with this fake chivalry? We’re already married.

Did he really not agree to this because of my money

and body?

Having spoken his piece, Emmanuel turned to leave

without even mentioning the sixty grand his mother

intended to give to Mackenzie as her betrothal gift. He

figured it would be a joke to her.

The next day, Emmanuel went to work at the hospital

as usual.

4/19

Since it had only been two years since he retired from

the military, he was only in charge of running various

tests and procedures at the Department of

Gynecology instead of being a doctor-in-charge.

“Emmanuel! Did you go on a blind date again

yesterday?”

THE

4

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rang out from behind

reply, Frederick Lewis

his arm and put

close to one

the time

school.

the military, they met

the date go?” Frederick asked out

saw Emmanuel

“It didn’t go well.”

broke out on Emmanuel’s

date with Milani

That was your eighteenth

with a face

do what I taught you?

at the beginning of a date.

single one of them is willing

you a chance.”

Frederick believed that

catch, although he could

found

women fell for Emmanuel’s

what? I think I’m

exactly because I’m doing what you

  1. The date just fails every time I tell them I’m earning

grand a

should improvise!

Frederick argued,

kept quiet at his retort, for he

salary

any

8/19

Women these days

and materialistic.”

Frederick

not materialistic. It’ll be a

you get one.”

where Frederick was

latter

for

family.

to go

over for a check-up today. Can you take

patients who are doing

tests?”

Emmanuel agreed as Frederick left

Emmanuel went into

enough, a woman entered with a

off your clothes and stand in

Emmanuel instructed

slip from the

was stunned the moment he

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

agitated woman pointed

when he looked up.

11/19

to

doctor is doing a chest X-ray for

way I’m going through

to another doctor!” Milani

uproar, other patients in

gather around,

support of

should be in

concerned their privacy,

was no need to

since doctors were professionals.

nothing

occurrences have taken place frequently

the past two years.

like that, patients would

had a reliable look to him,

was not the case that

budge no matter what.

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dirty loser. I

came to this department

and want to check out women’s

became more aggressive

not intend to call another doctor for

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

13/19

had attracted Frederick and the

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

was

his back at middle

“There must

in the industry. We

patients. We treat men

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