SWNOVELS Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Marriage is not a child’s game. Now that we’re married,
we need to decide how we will do a certain something
that married couples do!
“Heh... As expected of a man!”
Mackenzie rolled her eyes when she heard that.
I knew it! Men and women do think differently, after all!
I care about our life as a married couple, but he’s only
concerned about our S** life!
“Unless you win my heart over, you can forget about
laying even a finger on me!”
“Very well, then!”
Emmanuel liked Mackenzie’s short and simple reply.
He never believed that a dense man like himself would
be able to win the heart of an ice queen like her. While
it was true that she could get his heart racing with her
beauty, that didn’t mean she would turn him on.
In fact, he even thought he was unable to be turned on
by women.
Hence, one of the main reasons he didn’t want to get
married was that he was afraid of not being able to
satisfy his wife S**ually.
As such, Mackenzie’s refusal to have S** with him came
as a huge relief.
Mackenzie, however, wasn’t too pleased with his
response.
What the... This b*stard! I can tell he’s not faking it! I
know that most men wouldn’t dare express their
interest in me because of my cold personality, but that
doesn’t mean they don’t lust over me! I know I’m a very
beautiful woman, so why doesn’t this b*stard even
want to have S** with me? Is it because he’s a
gynecologist? I hate this so much!
The two then headed their separate ways after they
had made their terms clear with each other.
Emmanuel saw Milani at his doorstep with a basket of
fruits the moment he got home.
She looked like a completely different person with that
sweet smile on her face.
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Disgusted by her pretentious behavior, Emmanuel told
her the truth right away.
“What? You rejected all of the gifts?”
Milani was shocked to the core when she heard that
he had returned the gifts worth ten million.
Oh, my goodness! Why would he do something so
stupid? Does he think he’s all high and mighty for
turning down those gifts? Ugh! Now I see why he’s so
unsuccessful in life! No one in their right mind would
ever want to marry a guy like him! They’d be poor for
life!
Alessandra came out of her room when she heard the
commotion. “Ah, Milani, you’re here! Come on in!” She
welcomed Milani excitedly when she saw the latter
standing at the door.
After all, that was the first time a woman had come to
see her son.
Alessandra was so desperate to marry Emmanuel off
that she didn’t even care if Milani’s family were a bunch
of horrible people.
To her surprise, however, Milani’s attitude changed
instantly.
“Sorry, but I’m really busy! Also, you can forget about
having me marry your son! He isn’t even worthy of
being my footstool, let alone my husband! I bet he’ll
never be able to find himself a wife! Goodbye!” Milani
shouted and stormed off immediately after.
Honestly, I don’t even know why my mom wanted me
to come visit him! This was such a huge waste of time!
Alessandra was left speechless by her sudden
outburst and change of heart.
What just happened? Why would she change her mind
so suddenly? Did she bring those fruits here just to
insult my son? What is wrong with her?
Emmanuel knew full well that Milani’s response was
due to the ten million that he gave up on.
Naturally, he had no interest in a gold-digger like her
either.
“My goodness! What a crazy woman she is!” Roselynn
exclaimed angrily when she came out and saw Milani
leaving.
M
She then turned toward Emmanuel and tried to
comfort him, saying, “You need to stay away from
women like her, Manny! Don’t take her words to heart!”
To her surprise, however, he didn’t seem to be
bothered in the slightest.
“Mom, Roselynn, I’m already married, so you two don’t
have to worry about me anymore.”
Alessandra and Roselynn were so shocked that they
both screamed in unison, “What?”
Roselynn’s voice was so shrill that she nearly shattered
the gla*sware in the house.
“Did you just say you’re married?”
“Who are you married to?”
“You’re not messing with us, are you, Manny? If I recall
correctly, you never had a girlfriend!”
Alessandra and Roselynn both fired questions at him
one after another.
Instead of trying to convince them, Emmanuel simply
whipped out his marriage certificate and showed it to
them.
The truth spoke for itself, leaving the two women
wide-eyed with shock.
Although the woman on the marriage certificate
looked gorgeous, they were still worried about her
personality.
“She looks hard to get along with!“
“Are you sure this isn’t some kind of scam?”
Emmanuel could understand their concerns, so he lied
to rea*sure them. “Don’t worry. She’s a woman I met
while I was a soldier at Northern Region. She’s a strong
woman and a perfectionist who cares a lot about her
image, so she didn’t want people to know about our
relationship. That’s why we’ve been keeping it a secret
all this while.”
“Ah, so that’s what happened...”
That explains why he refused to get himself a girlfriend
all these years! Turns out, he already had one all
along!
“I’m sorry for keeping it a secret from you two for so
long! I only did it to protect her career. Anyway, you
two no longer have to worry about me getting married.
Mackenzie and I will surely live a happy life together,”
Emmanuel rea*sured them, but they were still worried.
Roselynn was especially suspicious of his explanation.
If Manny already had a girlfriend all along, then why
did he wait until now to tell us about it? Why did he
waste his time attending those eighteen matchmaking
sessions? Oh, well... He must have his reasons for lying
to us, and I don’t want to make Mom worried by
exposing him.
“What does she do for a living, Manny? Why didn’t she
come home with you now that you two are married?”
Alessandra asked curiously.
No mother wouldn’t be curious about her
daughter-in-law, and Alessandra was no exception.
Emmanuel knew she would surely ask about
Mackenzie’s background, so he had prepared himself
to answer her questions.
“Mackenzie is a high-level executive in a huge
company, Mom. That’s why she can’t come home with
me.”
“What? Where will she stay, then?” Alessandra pressed
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“She bought a house of her own, Mom. Now that we’re
married, I’ll be moving in with her soon.”
“...”
Alessandra’s eyes teared up all of a sudden.
Roselynn didn’t want Emmanuel to leave either, but
she tried to comfort Alessandra anyway. “Manny is a
grown adult now, Mom. It was only a matter of time
before he moved out. You want to have grandchildren,
don’t you? It’ll be hard for that to happen if he stays
with you all the time!”
Of course, Alessandra understood that very well. After
all, no woman would want to live with their in-laws
these days. It would be very inconvenient for them to
have S** at night, too.
Even so, Alessandra’s tears still refused to stop flowing.
“I won’t object to your relationship if you love her,
Manny. I just have one request. Could you bring her
over so I can have a look at her? Also, I want you to
arrange for both our families to meet each other.”
Alessandra’s sincere requests were actually very
simple ones, but they were incredibly difficult for
Emmanuel to fulfill.
There’s no way a woman like Mackenzie would be
willing to visit our house! I don’t know what her job title
is, but her attire and attitude alone show that she’s no
ordinary woman. I doubt I can even afford to pay for
the dry cleaning if we end up getting her clothes dirty!
As for meeting her parents, that’s practically never
going to happen. She said she only agreed to marry
me to satisfy her grandfather, so getting her to show
up here and put up an act for me is simply asking for
the impossible. What do I do now?