Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 94

“Please don’t jump to conclusions like that again, Ms. Quillen. People might

think you’re jealous.”

Emmanuel raised his arm and stepped away from Mackenzie.

“Hmph! I told you I don’t like you. Why would I be jealous?”

Mackenzie was not going to admit that an all-powerful CEO who hated

men like her that such an ordinary man could incur her jealousy.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

“Good point.”

Emmanuel laughed. “I remember you mentioning once that you wouldn’t

mind if I spoke to other women after our marriage, Ms. Quillen. I’ve never

taken you up on the offer. Why the sudden change in mind?”

Mackenzie wheezed with rage. Her chest heaved rapidly. “As I said, this is a

matter of pride! I’m only worried about people finding out about your

indiscretions!”

Emmanuel turned to regard her. As the atmosphere had regained its

calm, he teased, “I see. But your actions earlier did make it look like you

were jealous.”

don’t like men, and you

clenched her teeth in visible

losing on every

no need to emphasize your dislike for

woman

trying to

would not take our

can blackmail

me of being unfaithful. You want

be at the cost of my innocence

that

who would remain stubborn and force

compromise.

a point, so she took her time to regain

a lower voice than before, “I’m sorry.

in my

He laughed a moment later. “No worries.

we straightened things out. You can tell me if there

hints like you did

“Hmph! I know that.”

word, Mackenzie returned to

know that! I ask the same thing from my

anything the presumptuous

I become

noticed that his company

3/5

guy is such a

had retired to her bedroom, Emmanuel

earlier; his claim of not being fond of Mackenzie was

the woman does not have the discernment I do