Chapter 575


    “I–It’s nothing. I’ll let you get back to work. We’ll talk about this when we meet


    up during the festivities,” Ryder stammered and hesitated, unable to express


    himself.


    Suddenly, Alessandra grabbed the phone from Emmanuel before he could


    hang up and said, “Ryder, why don’t you spend the new year with us this


    year? You don’t have a wife now.”


    “A–Ah, Mother, wouldn’t we be bothering you then?” Though he now


    addressed her as “Mother,” Ryder understood he was not her biological son.


    He worried Emmanuel’s wife wouldn’t want him and Tommy over for New


    Year’s Day.


    “Why would you? You call me ‘Mother,‘ so I should treat you like my son and


    Tommy like my grandson. Anyway, Mackenzie said she would only be back


    for one day. I’ll have no one with me for the rest of the holiday! Is that so?


    Very well then.” After hearing that, he decided to agree.


    “Since you’re now divorced, I must find you a new wife. The New Year


    festivities are the best time for matchmaking.”


    At this moment, Emmanuel was reminded of his “horrible and miserable” past


    when he overheard Alessandra talking about matchmaking. I’ve had 18 failed


    matchmaking dates in a row, so I hope Ryder doesn’t break that record.


    On the other end of the call, Ryder’s heart filled with anticipation when he


    heard what she said. He had long since envied Emmanuel for meeting


    Mackenzie through matchmaking. With that marriage as a model of sess,


    Ryder aspired to be sessful in matchmaking and marry someone like her.


    He knew he wasn’t as good a catch as Emmanuel, and he was willing to


    settle for a woman who was ten times worse than Mackenzie if it meant she


    was better than Abellyn.


    After returning the phone to Emmanuel, Alessandra picked up her phone and


    appeared to be about to start setting up dates for Ryder.


    “Are you calling the matchmaker again?” Roselynn chimed in, and it was


    evident that she had overheard the call that had been going on between the


    two of them and Ryder.


    On the other hand, Emmanuel also assumed his mother would contact the


    matchmaker.


    To his surprise, Alessandra shook her head and replied, “No. I’m going to call


    Mni’s mother.”


    “Huh?”


    Both siblings were shocked. What is going on?


    “Mni had always wanted to get together with Manny, but now that he’s


    married, maybe she’ll be willing to go on a date with Ryder,” Alessandra


    exined while ignoring their stares.


    It had been so long since she contacted the Zimmerman family that she was


    unaware of Mni’s situation. In any case, she was just being friendly, so there


    was no harm in a simple phone call.


    “Let’s not call them, Mom.” Emmanuel tried to dissuade Alessandra from


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    calling because that family was not as friendly as she had imagined.


    Unfortunately, he was toote; his mother was already on the phone with


    Melody.


    When Melody learned that Alessandra was attempting to set up a date with


    Mni, she assumed it was on Emmanuel’s behalf. Before Alessandra could


    finish her sentence, Melody interrupted her with a torrent of mocking


    remarks. “Ha! Didn’t you say your son is so talented and amazing,


    Alessandra? Didn’t you say he had hooked up with a rich and beautiful


    woman and was now driving a Maserati? Did he get dumped already? Are


    you saying that he now wants Mni? What was that phrase again? As à dog


    returns to his vomit, a fool repeats his folly!”


    “Huh? That-” Alessandra was stunned and speechless when she heard this,


    and she had not expected such a strong reaction.


    Melody was not done yet, and she scoffed coldly as she continued, “It’s too


    you’ve called, consider this your invitation. Remember to bring the entire


    family over. She’s getting married into a rich family. We’ll be waiting for your


    blessings! Don’t chicken out, okay?”


    “Well… Okay.” As Alessandra was a doormat, she agreed to attend the


    wedding even though she knew Melody was just unting. They were all


    familiar with each other, so they would beughed at if she rejected a


    wedding invitation. After hanging up, she turned to look at her son with a


    pained look on her face.


    On the other hand, Emmanuel did not know what to say either. After all, he


    did not even agree to whatever ns Ryder wanted to make during the


    holidays. Why was there now another event on the calendar?


    He also knew that Melody was a bbermouth. Now that his mother had


    epted the invitation, skipping out on the wedding would only give Melody


    fodder to gossip about Alessandra so that all the women around them would


    <pugh at her.