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

she believed he had spent

with someone else.

truth had been

but think that

up, I have a

you to complete.”

is it, Ms.

long as she agrees to meet

family.

promised to visit your family

but

occurred.”

in front of him. “Following today’s strategic meeting, we

conclusion that the logo

be changed. Tomorrow,

Construction to alter the

new design

timeline of the project.”

scrunched up,

flash drive nonetheless.

knew that Mackenzie wasn’t trying to make

for him on purpose. She had

so he was obliged to return

Mackenzie parted her

encouragement for

returning to her room.

delegating the task to someone

to demonstrate

so she could promote him to a higher rank

Organization.

the

may be foolish at times, I

of him and Alessandra struggling

financial woes.

Mackenzie’s task, Emmanuel had

half–day leave of absence from the

where he worked.

was contacted by a

company tasked her

the Cloud Construction project’s alteration so

by the

to meet her. When

they agreed to

see a familiar BMW.

out of the

other than Lexi.

Lowe, we