Chapter 56

No matter what, I’ll have to confront her tonight and

get a confirmation.

Having made up his mind, Emmanuel went home after

getting off work and waited for Mackenzie’s return

anxiously.

To his frustration, Mackenzie came home later than

usual, not arriving until half past ten.

“Ms. Quillen, you came home later than usual today,

huh?” Emmanuel broke the silence.

Mackenzie was busy. She gave her husband a grunt

instead of a verbal response. Obviously, she was going

to grab her pajamas, take a shower, and go to bed.

Emmanuel knew she would sleep at eleven sharp, so

he stood in front of her, blocking her path.

“What is it?” Mackenzie frowned.

“Ms. Quillen, you promised to pay my family a visit, so

my mom has gone out of her way to make all the

necessary arrangements, even inviting our relatives. If

you were to suddenly change your mind and not

come, I wouldn’t be able to explain it to her.”

After a pause, he added, “If you don’t keep your word,

I’ll have no choice but to let your grandpa know.”

Mackenzie scoffed in disdain.

Everyone knows I hate being threatened. I can’t believe

he’s so bold to threaten me!

Despite the fact that she had made a commitment to go and visit his family earlier, she changed her mind

as she believed he had spent a

with someone else.

truth had been unveiled,

but think that he

you brought this up, I have

you to complete.”

is it, Ms. Quillen?” Emmanuel asked

can do anything as long

family.

to visit your family if Cloud

but a minor problem

occurred.”

placed it in front of him. “Following

to the conclusion that the logo for

changed. Tomorrow, you need to

alter the logo

design without

timeline of the project.”

brows scrunched up, but he accepted

flash drive nonetheless.

wasn’t

for him on purpose. She had

was obliged to return her

Mackenzie parted her lips

of encouragement for formality’s sake

returning to her room.

than delegating the task to someone else,

to demonstrate

she could promote him

Organization.

the

husband may be foolish at times, I

the sight of him and Alessandra

financial woes.

complete Mackenzie’s task,

half–day leave of absence from

where he worked.

was contacted by a

that the company tasked her to assist

Construction

by the

meet her.

agreed to meet,

see a familiar BMW.

woman who stepped out of the vehicle

other than Lexi.

Lowe, we

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