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

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rang out

could reply, Frederick Lewis

his arm and put it across Emmanuel’s

close to

to the time

in middle school. After Emmanuel

the military, they

go?” Frederick asked

he saw Emmanuel

“It didn’t go well.”

out

date with Milani

was your eighteenth date!”

a face full

you do what I taught you?

at the beginning of a

believe not a single one of them is

you a chance.”

Frederick believed

although he could be a little

Hence, he found it unbelievable

women fell for Emmanuel’s

think I’m messing up every

doing what

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

a year!”

you should improvise! Talk

argued, glaring

quiet at his retort,

his salary during

did not want any of it

8/19

Women these days are

and materialistic.”

Frederick

not materialistic. It’ll be a rare

you get one.”

where Frederick was

the latter had remained

for

family.

have to go see my mom now.

over for a check-up today. Can you

patients who are

tests?”

Frederick left in a

went into the

woman entered with a medical

take off your clothes and stand

Emmanuel instructed mechanically

medical slip from the patient, as

stunned the moment

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

agitated woman pointed her

when he looked up.

11/19

you trying to see my body? How

is doing a chest X-ray

way I’m going through with this. I demand

another doctor!”

the uproar, other patients in the department

gather around, whispering among

forward in support

be in charge

their

need to make a

since doctors were professionals.

happened was nothing new

have taken

the past two years.

that, patients would usually give

since Emmanuel had a reliable look to him,

not the case that day when Milani

budge no matter what.

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dirty loser. I finally

bet you came to this department

a pervert and want

became more aggressive when she

to call

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

13/19

attracted

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

saw it was Milani-the

back at middle school-he

to explain, “There

We are professionals in the industry.

patients. We treat

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