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Chapter 24
Chapter 24
“Roselynn, what are you doing? It hurts!”
When Roselynn stepped out after changing, she was
shocked to discover that her brother had a band–aid
on his body and a bandage on his back. She couldn’t
help but impulsively reach out and give him a slap on
the shoulder.
Emmanuel was a living, breathing human being, and it
was only natural for him to cry out in anguish when he
was unexpectedly struck by sudden pain.
Alessandra had been engrossed in matters regarding
her daughter–in–law and paid no attention to her son.
Belatedly realizing he had been concealing his injuries,
she asked anxiously, “Manny, how did you get hurt?”
Not wanting his family to worry, Emmanuel lied, “Don’t
worry, Mom. I accidentally fell down, that’s all.”
“Fell down? This is a lie. You obviously got hurt. Did
someone hit you or throw something at you?”
Roselynn snapped. Her voice grew increasingly
agitated as she demanded, “Manny, be honest with
1. me. Did your wife beat you? Is this domestic violence?”
Emmanuel nearly coughed out blood in exasperation.
He quickly replied, “Roselynn, how could you think that
way about my wife? This has nothing to do with her!”
He couldn’t bring himself to say that Mackenzie hadn’t
hit him, since she had quite obviously kicked him twice.
His waist was still aching as a result.
“Manny, be honest with me. How did you get hurt?”
Emmanuel was Alessandra’s only son, so she was
determined to get to the bottom of things. She was
afraid that her son’s stubborn pride would prevent him.
from confiding in her.
“Some scoundrels tried to take advantage of
Mackenzie, so I fought with them and ended up getting
hurt,” Emmanuel explained.
He wasn’t entirely fabricating the story as the ruffians
were indeed stirring up trouble on Mackenzie’s project.
She was the reason he had to fight them.
“Oh, I see. Good job, Manny! I love that you’re so
protective of your wife!” Roselynn relaxed and gave
him the thumbs–up.
After all, the male leads in TV dramas were all manly.
“It’s almost time, Roselynn. Let’s go!”
Emmanuel didn’t want to hear his mother’s nagging
and instantly changed the topic by urging Roselynn to
leave.
Alessandra grabbed his arm and said, “Manny,
remember to find Roselynn a good man at the party.
He doesn’t have to be rich as long as he’s a person of
integrity!”
A mother knew her daughter best. Naturally,
Alessandra knew why Roselynn was still single and
unmarried despite being in her thirties.
Before arranging blind dates for Emmanuel, she had
already introduced a lot of men to Roselynn.
Alas, Roselynn was harsh in her criticism of all those
men, declaring that none of them measured up to the
male leads of her favorite television shows. She said
they were either too short, too ugly, or too meek.
Naturally, all those men were scared out of their wits
and quickly made their escape.
If she was unwilling to be flexible and open to different
possibilities, she would never get married, ever.
“Got it, Mom,” Emmanuel hastily replied.
Finding Roselynn a suitable husband would be a more
difficult task than finding me a wife.
The siblings hailed a taxi and went on their way. From NôvelDrama.Org.
Throughout the journey, Roselynn was already
swooning over the possible eligible bachelors at the
party.
“Manny, have you heard of the four prominent families
in Yeringham?”
“Yeah.”
Emmanuel nodded and gave a cursory reply, but he
knew that the four prominent families of Yeringham
didn’t exist.
This was not a television show, so it was impossible to
determine the number of families in Yeringham that
were involved in commerce.