Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 156

Mackenzie remained unaware of the drama befalling her husband.

She was occupied with a routine meeting at the offices of Terence Group.

As usual, Beatrix secretly scrolled through her phone during the meeting, and

her gaze suddenly landed on a shocking headline.

“What are you doing, Beatrix Quillen?”

She felt Mackenzie’s razor–sharp gaze on her a second later.

Beatrix shuddered involuntarily, aware that her cousin was a fair and

fearsome boss who would chew anyone out for getting distracted in a

meeting.

She hastily rushed to Mackenzie’s side and whispered, “I’m not slacking,

Mackenzie! Look at this headline! Manuel’s being cyberbullied!”

“What?”

Mackenzie released a near–imperceptible sigh and swiped the phone from

Beatrix’s outstretched hand. Once she read the headline, she stood up and

declared curtly, “Meeting’s over. Dismissed!”

She strode out of the conference room, leaving behind a roomful of

bewildered management staff.

Lexi caught up to Beatrix and asked, “What happened, Ms. Beatrix? Why does

seem so

“Hehe, that’s a secret!”

keep her lips zipped.

summoned to the CEO’s office a moment

over her list of tasks to

shortly after and headed straight for

Hospital.

was anything but

them a single cent. Now look

repay his kindness by turning him

enemy!

about the well–being of Emmanuel’s family if

perpetuated by the

now, and I won’t

grounds of

www

off

Addison agreed

the Department of Gynecology’s building,

spotted a group of colleagues surrounding

Emmanuel.

news on the

never believe them.”

The truth will prevail. You must stay

by his colleagues‘ unwavering

would never insist on proclaiming his innocence because he believed

would support him regardless. There was no point

himself to anyone else.

not help but smile at the sight. Who knew this silly

his colleagues? Perhaps he wasn’t acting the

of Grandpa

sharp–eyed Frederick noticed Mackenzie’s arrival and

grab

cut short his