Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 56

No matter what, I’ll have to confront her tonight and

get a confirmation.

Having made up his mind, Emmanuel went home after

getting off work and waited for Mackenzie’s return

anxiously.

To his frustration, Mackenzie came home later than

usual, not arriving until half past ten.

“Ms. Quillen, you came home later than usual today,

huh?” Emmanuel broke the silence.

Mackenzie was busy. She gave her husband a grunt

instead of a verbal response. Obviously, she was going

to grab her pajamas, take a shower, and go to bed.

Emmanuel knew she would sleep at eleven sharp, so

he stood in front of her, blocking her path.

“What is it?” Mackenzie frowned.

“Ms. Quillen, you promised to pay my family a visit, so

my mom has gone out of her way to make all the

necessary arrangements, even inviting our relatives. If

you were to suddenly change your mind and not

come, I wouldn’t be able to explain it to her.”

After a pause, he added, “If you don’t keep your word,

I’ll have no choice but to let your grandpa know.”

Mackenzie scoffed in disdain.

Everyone knows I hate being threatened. I can’t believe

he’s so bold to threaten me!

Despite the fact that she had made a commitment to go and visit his family earlier, she changed her mind

as she believed he had spent a romantic

with someone else.

had been unveiled,

that he was

I have a task that

you to complete.”

is it, Ms. Quillen?” Emmanuel asked

long

family.

your family

on time, but a minor

occurred.”

in front of him. “Following today’s

to the conclusion that the logo

Tomorrow, you

Construction to alter the logo

new design without

timeline of the project.”

brows scrunched up, but he accepted

flash drive nonetheless.

knew that Mackenzie wasn’t trying to

for him on purpose. She had just

out, so he was obliged

luck!” Mackenzie parted her lips to

for formality’s sake

returning to her room.

delegating the task to

him to demonstrate

promote him to a higher

Organization.

the

may be foolish at times,

sight of him and Alessandra

financial woes.

complete Mackenzie’s task, Emmanuel

a half–day leave of absence

where he worked.

the next day, he was contacted

tasked her to assist

the Cloud Construction project’s alteration

by

agreed to meet her. When

agreed to meet,

see a familiar BMW.

woman who stepped out of the vehicle was

other than Lexi.

we