Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 575

“I–It’s nothing. I’ll let you get back to work. We’ll talk about this when we meet

up during the festivities,” Ryder stammered and hesitated, unable to express

himself.

Suddenly, Alessandra grabbed the phone from Emmanuel before he could

hang up and said, “Ryder, why don’t you spend the new year with us this

year? You don’t have a wife now.”

“A–Ah, Mother, wouldn’t we be bothering you then?” Though he now

addressed her as “Mother,” Ryder understood he was not her biological son.

He worried Emmanuel’s wife wouldn’t want him and Tommy over for New

Year’s Day.

“Why would you? You call me ‘Mother,‘ so I should treat you like my son and

Tommy like my grandson. Anyway, Mackenzie said she would only be back

for one day. I’ll have no one with me for the rest of the holiday! Is that so?

Very well then.” After hearing that, he decided to agree.

“Since you’re now divorced, I must find you a new wife. The New Year

festivities are the best time for matchmaking.”

At this moment, Emmanuel was reminded of his “horrible and miserable” past

when he overheard Alessandra talking about matchmaking. I’ve had 18 failed

in a row, so I

end of the call, Ryder’s

said. He had long since envied Emmanuel for

that marriage as a model of

successful in matchmaking and marry someone like

knew he wasn’t as good a catch as Emmanuel, and

who was ten times

was better than Abellyn.

the phone to Emmanuel, Alessandra picked

about to start setting up dates for

you calling the matchmaker again?” Roselynn chimed in,

overheard the call that had been going on between

them and

other hand, Emmanuel also assumed his mother would contact

matchmaker.

his surprise, Alessandra shook her head and replied, “No.

Milani’s mother.”

“Huh?”

siblings were shocked. What

had always wanted to get together with Manny, but now that

willing to go on a

while ignoring

she contacted the Zimmerman family that she

In any case, she was just being friendly,

no harm in a simple phone

call them, Mom.” Emmanuel tried

because that family was not as friendly as she had

late; his mother was already on the

Melody.

was attempting to

on Emmanuel’s behalf.

sentence, Melody interrupted her with

Didn’t you say your son is so

he had hooked up

a Maserati?