Chapter 651


    Emmanuel stared silently at Tia for a long time, leading Tia to quickly blush


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    and lower her head. Why is he looking at me like that?! How embarrassing!


    Emmanuel, on the other hand, remainedposed. He could tell Tia was a


    sweet girl. Thus, he still spoke up even if he knew she would turn him down.


    “Well, you see, my cousin wants to be friends with you. He hopes to have a


    meal with you and spend some time together.”


    “Sorry?!” As expected, Tia was shocked, and it took her a while before she


    stammered while asking, “T–Tommy’s father? Isn’t he married, though?”


    “He was. He’s divorced now,” answered Emmanuel frankly. “It’s a little tough


    for him, a single father, to raise Tommy.”


    Tia’s expression naturally turned unpleasant. Tommy’s father and Tommy’s


    uncle were like night and day.


    Though she knew she wasn’t worthy of being with Emmanuel, she never


    thought about being with Ryder either.


    “If you don’t want to, then forget I—”


    “Alright!” Tia interrupted and eagerly agreed, smiling beautifully. “I promised


    you, so of course I’ll follow through!”


    Emmanuel wasn’t sure how he felt when he looked at the young woman’s


    infatuated smile. Things seemed to have be ratherplicated.


    Suddenly, a voice rang out from not far away. “Manny, Ms. Poole!”


    Ryder had arrived at Tia’s rented apartment earlier, and when he saw two


    people getting out of a cab, he wondered if it was Tia. Sure enough, when he


    approached them, it was her!


    Tia, however, slowly tucked away her smile when she saw Ryder approaching


    with a beam. “Are you here to pick Tommy up, Mr. Lowe?” Tia greeted him


    inly.


    “Yeah. Thank you for taking care of Tommy, Ms. Poole.” Ryder chuckled


    warmly.


    Mixed feelings surged within Tia as she shifted her gaze between Emmanuel


    and Ryder, sighing at how there could be such a vast difference between the


    two.


    She knew that as a kindergarten teacher, she was nowhere near worthy of a


    man like Emmanuel. If she wanted to have frequent encounters with him in


    the future, she could only be his rtive. However, Ryder was also far


    from meeting her standards.


    Feeling overwhelmed, she simply ignored Ryder and headed toward her


    rented apartment.


    “Um, well…” Ryder felt quite disheartened. It seemed Tia really didn’t think


    highly of him.


    Emmanuel wasn’t sure what Tia was thinking, so he simply patted his cousin


    on the shoulder as a gesture offort.


    After arriving home, Mackenzie popped into Emmanuel’s head inexplicably.


    It was a feeling he had never experienced before.


    He kept reminiscing about the kiss he had shared with Mackenzie the night


    before, and a smile crept upon his lips as he quietly thought about the young


    woman. It was as if a sweet taste lingered in his heart.


    With that, he dialed Mackenzie’s number.


    “Yes? What is it?” Mackenzie responded in her usualposed tone.


    “It’s… it’s nothing. I just wanted to know what you were doing,” Emmanuel


    replied and immediately felt foolish. Given Mackenzie’s personality, she would


    certainly flip out if he bothered her for no reason, especially if she was busy.


    He was definitely making trouble out of nothing.


    However, little did he know that at that moment, Mackenzie was indeed in the


    middle of an emergency meeting at thepany’s headquarters, and she


    happened to receive his call during a brief break.


    If anyone else had dared say so to her at this time, if it were an employee,


    she would fire them on the spot; if it were a pursuer, she would immediately


    block them.