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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voice rang out from behind

Emmanuel could reply, Frederick

and put

were close to

dated back to the time when they

school. After

they

the date go?” Frederick asked out of

he saw Emmanuel

“It didn’t go well.”

smile broke out on Emmanuel’s face

the blind date with

was your eighteenth

a face full of

what I taught you? You should set

at the

single one of them is

you a chance.”

Frederick believed that Emmanuel

he could be a little

he found it unbelievable

the women fell for

know what? I think I’m messing up every

doing what you told me

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

a year!” Emmanuel

should improvise! Talk

argued, glaring at

kept quiet at his retort, for

his salary during the

did not want any of it to work

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say? Women these

and materialistic.”

me about it,” Frederick whined. “It’s

who’s not materialistic. It’ll be a rare find

you get one.”

understood where

the latter had

for

family.

to go see

for a check-up today. Can you

patients who are doing

tests?”

agreed as Frederick left in

that, Emmanuel went into the chest X-ray

woman entered

your clothes and stand in

instructed

slip from the

stunned the moment he saw

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

agitated woman pointed her finger at

when he looked up.

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to see my body?

a male doctor is doing a chest X-ray for

through

another doctor!”

patients in the

gather around, whispering among

came forward in support

doctor should be in charge since

concerned their privacy,

need to

since doctors were professionals.

nothing new to Emmanuel,

occurrences have taken place frequently

the past two years.

a situation like that, patients would usually give

since Emmanuel had a

not the case that day

budge no matter what.

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dirty loser. I finally see why you

I bet you came to this

pervert and want to check

more aggressive when she

intend to call

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

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commotion had attracted

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

Frederick saw it was

back

explain, “There must be a

professionals in the

patients. We

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