Chapter 11
When Mni regained herposure, her expression
instantly turned into a look of disdain. She did not
believe for a second that Emmanuel already had a
wife. Laughing off the idea, she remarked, “You must’ve
gotten the money from loan sharks. Now, you want to
rub it in my face. That’s why you’re spouting such lies.
What a joke!”
I was at Emmanuel’s house just yesterday, and it sure
didn’t seem as though he had a wife. If he does, why
would he still go on a blind date with me? Does he not
care that he’d bemitting bigamy?
Seeing that she doubted him, Frederick started
panicking.
Emmanuel had to go over and tug on his arm. Saving
his mother is the most pressing matter on hand. Why
does he care what nonsense this woman is saying?
Upon noticing Emmanuel, Mni did not attempt to
hide her sneer. “Emmanuel, I heard you have a wife.
Who’d be willing to marry you? Why don’t you send me
a photo of her so I can see what she looks like?”
Naturally, he was not about to send Mni a photo of
Mackenzie just to embarrass her. Firstly, I don’t have
Mackenzie’s photo. Secondly, this woman still wouldn’t
believe me even if I had one to show her. And thirdly,
Mackenzie isn’t really my wife, so what’s there to brag
about?
Hence, he remained silent while pulling Frederick
toward the operating room. After all, the most
important thing they had to do now was to urge the
hospital to operate as soon as possible.
It only amused her further that he dared not utter a
retort. “Hmph! You two are just a couple of broke losers,
stubbornly trying to cling to your pride and dignity!”
After getting off work that evening, Emmanuel headed
home. He still rode an electric scooter as he had no
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money to buy a car.
During the journey back, he kept thinking about
Frederick. We’ve managed to schedule the operation,
but I’m afraid it’ll take Frederick years to return the
money. He can take his time paying off the sixty
thousand from Mom. As for Mackenzie, however, who
knows how she’ll take it if I dy returning the two
hundred thousand I borrowed from her for years?
He was so preupied with his thoughts that he
identally rammed into the front of a Bentley while
turning a corner.
Bang!
The impact sent him tumbling to the ground, and when he looked up, his face fell. D*mn it! That’s an
expensive car!
The driver of the Bentley stepped out of the vehicle
with a grim expression. In an icy tone, he asked, “Hey,
are you all right?”
The man had sounded his horn just before turning to
alert the others at the intersection. Despite that,
Emmanuel had not slowed down at all. Hence, the way
he saw it was that the ident was Emmanuel’s fault.
Nheless, he could not help worrying as the area
had no surveince cameras. If he can’t get up, the
traffic police will likely rule the car liable for the
ident when they get here. And if this guy staged
the ident, he might go as far as to ckmail my
boss for a hefty sum of money!
With those concerns in mind, the driver dared not
berate Emmanuel despite his anger, fearing thetter
would get annoyed and pretend to be severely injured.
“I’m all right! So sorry about that!” Emmanuel quickly
scrambled to his feet. Although his calf was bleeding,
he kept insisting he was fine.
He was well aware he had caused the ident by not
slowing down at the corner, and if the other party
demandedpensation, he knew it would not be a
small amount. Hence, he quickly limped off while
pushing his scooter after apologizing.
When he had left, Mackenzie finally emerged from the
car. She furrowed her brows while watching him
hobble away. What on earth was he doing? How could
he drive around so distractedly? Is he trying to get
himself killed?
Not knowing that the man who had just collided with
the car was her husband, the driver asked, “Ms. Quillen,
do we need to call the police?”
“No need for that. It’s no big deal. Take the car to have
its paint touched up. I’ll walk the rest of the way.”
“Huh?” For a moment, the driver was stunned. Then, he
finally nodded and said, “Very well, Ms. Quillen.”
Nheless, he was puzzled. This Bentley is her
favorite car. Had something like this urred in the
past, she would’ve thoroughly investigated the matter.
With her connections and capabilities, it wouldn’t be
difficult for her to make the other partypensate
and apologize for their mistake. This time, though, why
did she let that guy off the hook just like that?
When Mackenzie arrived home, she saw Emmanuel
getting out the medical kit to treat the injuries on his
calf.
The fall had caused a chunk of his flesh to get scraped
off, and the wound was a bloody mess. Even so, he did
not flinch while applying the antiseptic.
Does this guy even feel any pain? Although she knew
perfectly well what had happened, she feigned
ignorance and slowly walked over to him. “What
happened to you?”
He was momentarily startled. Then, he smiled wryly
and replied, “Oh, it’s nothing. I identally hit a Bentley
on my way back.”
“It looks like a bad ident. How much did you ask
that person topensate you?” she asked, a
half-smile still tugging at her lips.
“Compensate me? I was the one not paying attention
to the road. I should be counting my lucky stars that
they didn’t arrest me and demand I pay for the
damage,” he admitted frankly.
At that, her smile widened slightly. So, he does know
how careless he was, does he?
If Emmanuel hadunched into an angry tirade and
pushed away all the me, she would have flown into
a rage. In fact, she would have revealed her identity
and exposed his lies, then made him cough up money
for the damages.
However, her anger subsided when she saw him
readily take responsibility for the incident. She even sat
beside him on her own ord and examined his
injuries.
His heart raced as he gazed at her stunningly beautiful
profile up close and caught a whiff of the faint floral
fragrance emanating from her body. Is she an angel
from heaven?
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A momentter, however, she stretched out a finger
and deliberately poked at his wound.
Finally unable to bear the stinging pain, he let out a
cry. “Ouch!”
“Oh, so you do feel pain!” Mackenzie remarked in
surprise.
“What are you on about?” He was boiling with rage. Is
she a cold-blooded woman? She can see how badly
hurt I am, yet she prods at my wound on purpose to
confirm something so stupid! She’s evil incarnate!
“I’m not dead, so why wouldn’t I feel any pain?” he growled.
She merely chuckled when she saw how furious he
looked. Instead of answering his question, she asked,
“Are you an idiot? With the extent of your injuries, why
didn’t you ask forpensation from the owner of the
Bentley? From the looks of it, you can barely walk with
these injuries. Even if it means paying you two hundred
thousand, that person has to do it!”
Her words reflected her true thoughts. If Emmanuel
goes to the police with those injuries, then ckmails
me for two hundred thousand, I don’t think there’s
anything I could do about it.
However, he pursed his lips at her suggestion. “Didn’t I
already exin? It was my fault, so how can I make
that person paypensation?”
Mackenzie’s lips curved upward as she smiled even
more sweetly. Still testing him, she replied, “But that
area has no surveince cameras, so who would know
it was your fault? What a simpleton you are!”
He shot her a re. In a stern tone, he uttered, “The
heavens know, I know, and the other party knows. How
can you say no one knows?”
His reply stunned Mackenzie. She had not expected
him to give such a ssic response. He’s genuinely a
righteous man. In that case, it appears I can’t let him
find out I’m the owner of that Bentley.
“By the way, I won’t be able to pay back the two
hundred thousand I borrowed from you so soon.
However, you have my word that I’ll return it to you,” he
continued, taking advantage of the little pause in their
conversation. He still did not reveal his reason for
borrowing the money,
Inexplicably, she felt herself looking at him in a
different light. He doesn’t seem to be a self-righteous
phony.
She rose to her feet and was about to go to her room
when she suddenly thought of something. Turning
around, she said, “Oh, right. If you help me do
something, I won’t ask you to return that two hundred
thousand.”
Emmanuel’s eyes lit up. “What is it?”
With Frederick’s mother’s condition, he would probably
still have to borrow money from Mackenzie even after
returning the two hundred thousand he owed her.
Hence, after hearing her mention that he need not pay
—
her back, it was only natural that he was curious to
find out what he could do to offset that debt!