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.

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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

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best friend’s voice rang out from

could reply, Frederick Lewis

put it across Emmanuel’s

close to

back to the time

middle school.

they met

date go?” Frederick asked out of

he saw Emmanuel

“It didn’t go well.”

broke out on

the blind date with Milani that went

That was your eighteenth

a face full of

what I taught you? You should set

out there right at the beginning of a date.

a single one of them

you a chance.”

Roselynn, Frederick believed that Emmanuel was

could be a

found it

the women fell

what? I think

doing what you

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

a year!”

should improvise! Talk

Frederick argued,

at his retort,

salary during the

want any of it

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I say? Women these days are

and materialistic.”

Frederick whined. “It’s

materialistic. It’ll be a rare find

you get one.”

understood where

since the latter had remained unmarried

ditched him for a man

family.

have to go see my

over for a check-up today. Can you

who are

tests?”

agreed as Frederick left

that, Emmanuel went into the

a woman entered with a medical

and stand in front of

Emmanuel instructed

slip from the patient, as he

was stunned the moment he saw

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

pointed her finger at

when he looked up.

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sicko! Are you trying to

is doing a

through with this.

to another doctor!”

the uproar, other patients in the department

gather around, whispering among

support of Milani, arguing

be in

their privacy,

that there was no need to make a

since doctors were professionals.

nothing new to Emmanuel,

have taken

the past two years.

that, patients would usually give in

had a reliable look to him,

that day when Milani

budge no matter what.

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loser. I finally see why you can’t

came to this department because

and want to

became more aggressive when

to call another doctor for

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

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commotion had attracted Frederick and the

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

it was Milani-the

below his back at

to explain, “There

are professionals in the industry. We

We treat men

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