Chapter 9

Given Mackenzie’s fussiness, Emmanuel knew that

things would turn out bad whether she agreed to go

home with him or not.

“I’m sorry, but my schedule is full. I won’t have time this

entire week,” she answered.

Emmanuel nodded at her reply, which, weirdly enough,

made him both disappointed and relieved.

Well, as I thought, it won’t be easy to get her home to

meet my family.

“Hold on!”

Emmanuel saw a ray of hope when Mackenzie called

out just as he was about to leave the room.

Did she change her mind? Don’t tell me she’s found a

suitable time to go home with me.

To his dismay, he saw Mackenzie holding out a bank

card toward him when he turned back.

“What is this?” he asked with a frown, confounded.

He had no idea why Mackenzie was giving him money,

especially when he had not given Mackenzie the sixty

grand his mother earned with all her hard work

because he suspected their marriage might be a

scam.

What is going on?

“I don’t want that kind of cheap food at home

anymore. There’s a hundred thousand in this card, so

use it to buy whatever is needed for our home. I hope

you can find time to do some shopping for the house.

We do need a lot of things here. Just let me know if you

need more money.”

From her no-nonsense way of talking, one would easily

think Mackenzie was a*signing a task to Emmanuel at

work.

Upset by how absurd the whole situation was,

Emmanuel pushed the card back, insisting, “I’m the

man of the house, and I have a job too. I don’t need

you to pay for anything I’m using.”

His response elicited a frown from Mackenzie.

What’s with this fake chivalry? We’re already married.

Did he really not agree to this because of my money

and body?

Having spoken his piece, Emmanuel turned to leave

without even mentioning the sixty grand his mother

intended to give to Mackenzie as her betrothal gift. He

figured it would be a joke to her.

The next day, Emmanuel went to work at the hospital

as usual.

4/19

Since it had only been two years since he retired from

the military, he was only in charge of running various

tests and procedures at the Department of

Gynecology instead of being a doctor-in-charge.

“Emmanuel! Did you go on a blind date again

yesterday?”

THE

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rang out from behind

reply, Frederick Lewis

his arm and put it

two were close to

dated back to the time when

in middle school. After

military, they

go?” Frederick asked out of

he saw

“It didn’t go well.”

resentful smile broke out on Emmanuel’s face

date with Milani that

your eighteenth date!”

with a face

you do what I taught you? You should

out there right at the beginning of

single one of them

you a chance.”

believed

he could be a little

he found it

women fell for

what? I think I’m messing

I’m doing

  1. The date just fails every time I tell them I’m earning

grand a

improvise! Talk about

argued,

kept quiet at his retort, for

his salary

not want any of it to

8/19

Women these

and materialistic.”

about it,” Frederick

materialistic. It’ll be a

you get one.”

understood where

since the latter had

girlfriend ditched him for

family.

go

over for a check-up today.

who are

tests?”

as Frederick

that, Emmanuel went into

enough, a woman entered with

and stand in

Emmanuel instructed mechanically while

from the patient,

but he was stunned the moment he saw

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

pointed

when he looked up.

11/19

sicko! Are you trying to see my body?

doing a chest X-ray

going through with

another doctor!”

uproar, other patients in

gather around, whispering

forward in support of Milani, arguing

be in charge

their

need to make a

since doctors were professionals.

was nothing new

taken

the past two years.

situation like that, patients would usually give in

had a reliable look to him,

that day when Milani

budge no matter what.

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a dirty loser. I finally see why you can’t

wife. I bet you came to

and want to check out

more aggressive

did not intend to call another doctor

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

13/19

commotion had attracted

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

saw it was

his back at middle school-he

“There

professionals in the industry.

We treat men and women

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