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.

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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

4

2

voice rang out

Emmanuel could reply, Frederick Lewis

put

were close to one another since

to the time when they

middle school. After

military, they met again as

did the date go?”

he saw

“It didn’t go well.”

smile broke out on

blind date with Milani that

your eighteenth

a face full

taught you? You should set

there right at the beginning of a date.

a single one

you a chance.”

Roselynn, Frederick believed that Emmanuel was

he could

he found

the women fell for Emmanuel’s

know what? I think I’m messing up every

because I’m doing what

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

grand a

should improvise! Talk about

Frederick argued,

his retort, for he

salary

any

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can I say? Women these days are

and materialistic.”

about it,” Frederick

not materialistic. It’ll be a rare find

you get one.”

where Frederick was

since the latter had

girlfriend ditched him for a man from

family.

have to go see my

a check-up today. Can you take

who are doing their

tests?”

Emmanuel agreed as Frederick left in

into the chest X-ray

enough, a woman entered with

clothes and stand in

instructed mechanically while

slip from

the

on the paper.

Milani Zimmerman?

“It’s you!”

agitated woman pointed her finger

when he looked up.

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Are you trying to see

is doing a chest X-ray

I’m going through with this. I

another doctor!” Milani

other patients in

gather around, whispering among

came forward in support of Milani,

doctor should be in charge since

concerned their privacy,

that there was no need to

since doctors were professionals.

nothing new to

occurrences have taken place frequently

the past two years.

like that, patients would

had a reliable look to him,

the case that day when Milani refused

budge no matter what.

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a dirty loser. I

you came to

pervert and want to

more aggressive when she

to call another

check-up.

“What’s going on?”

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commotion had attracted Frederick

gynecologists.

“Milani?”

was

back at middle

“There must be

We are professionals in the

patients. We treat

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