A Whirlwind Marriage with the Beautiful CEO novel Chapter 81

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Everything was so casual here that Felicity inevitably felt irritated.

Nevertheless, she was not like the typical mothers-in-law who would

underestimate their sons-in-law in the novels. While she did not think

highly of Emmanuel, she would not say it aloud or make it obvious.

On the contrary, Mackenzie enjoyed the customs of the Lowe family. If she

was asked to kneel and serve Alessandra, she would absolutely refuse to

do so.

Discreetly, she studied her mother, yet she could not read the latter’s

expression.

While the atmosphere was lively in the house, a commotion also occurred

outside.

Since Ryder had no interest in socializing with his cousin’s family, he

stayed near the main gate. Right at this moment, Shawn made an

appearance with his men.

Without beating around the bush, Shawn questioned, “Ryder, is your wife

going to pay up today?”

“We will! We’ll definitely pay you back! But today is my cousin’s happy day.

Could you show us some mercy and give us a few more days?” Ryder

begged while clasping his hands together.

With a sinister laugh, Shawn replied, “Sure! Just let me sleep with your wife

for a few nights.”

“N-No! I can’t let that happen!”

“No? If she doesn’t pay up, I can just make her a hostess in a bathhouse.

What do you think your wife was before? Some virtuous woman?” taunted

Shawn as he smiled coldly.

His words pierced right through Ryder’s heart.

Truthfully, he knew what his wife did before marriage, but that did not

matter. As long as she did not get intimate with other men after marriage,

he was willing to endure any hardships and work tirelessly to support his

family.

Not,daring to refute Shawn, Ryder immediately went on his knees. “Please,

I’m begging you. Give us a few more days!”

“Scram!”

Shawn kicked him away and led his men to barge into Emmanuel’s house.

Hearing the commotion, Roselynn opened the door. The Lowe residence

was a self-built house in which the front yard could be seen from the

living room.

“What’s wrong? What’s happening?”

“Get lost. Our business is with Abellyn.”

Disregarding Roselynn, Shawn invited himself and his men in.

While passing the front yard, they kicked and knocked things over to

display their aggressiveness and fearlessness, infuriating Roselynn.

What did Abellyn do to offend such people?

Abellyn was already aware that they would search for her here, so she

had been hiding in the room, not daring to get out at all.

Even so, hiding in the room was no solution since she knew how

unreasonable Shawn could be. He would find a way in sooner or later.

“Why are you guys looking for my mom?” Tommy shouted.

“Hehe, we’re looking for your mom because-”

The vulgar words he was about to say got stuck midway through his

sentence as he noticed Mackenzie.

As they were from the lower class, the Lowe family might not know who

Mackenzie was, but as the son of an influential businessman, how could

Shawn not recognize her?

Thinking they were playing tricks on him, Shawn rubbed his eyes. He

refused to believe that the mighty Mackenzie of the Quillen family would

be in such a run-down place.

However, even after he rubbed his eyes, she was still there.

Regardless of the relationship the Lowe family had with Mackenzie, he

knew he could not afford to cross such a formidable figure. He reacted

quickly by saying, “I’m sorry! I came to the wrong house!”

With that, he hurriedly turned around and left.

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“Stop right there!”

The voice of an older man rang out from behind Shawn.

Shawn felt shivers down his spine as he recognized the voice instantly.

What the heck is going on? Not only is Ms. Mackenzie from the Quillen

family here, but the wealthiest man in Yeringham is here too!

Terence asserted his dominance with a simple command. Shawn

stumbled as he turned around to greet the older man. “Old Mr. Quillen!”

The Lowes were confused when they noticed the change in Shawn’s

attitude. It looks like Old Mr. Quillen holds quite a high position in society.

Fortunately for the Lowe family, they did not know who Shawn was.

Otherwise, they would be even more shocked.

“Oh? You know who I am?”

With one look, Terence could tell Shawn did not accidentally stumble into

the wrong place. He could tell that Shawn and his subordinates were there

to look for trouble, so he wanted to help alleviate the situation.

“Everyone in Yeringham knows who you are…” Shawn’s voice trembled as

he spoke.

In order to play along with his granddaughter’s act of pretending to be

poor, Terence did not expose his identity. He casually said, “Stop trying to

flatter me. Get to the point. What are you doing here?”

“N-Nothing! Ryder and I are good friends! I came in to say hello since I was

passing by!”

Shawn did not dare to say that he was there to collect a debt.

It would only end badly if he offended the wealthiest family in Yeringham

just for eighty thousand.

“I see. Why did you say you went to the wrong house, then?”

A cold glint flashed across Mackenzie’s eyes.

Shawn was trembling non-stop. He was tongue-tied, not knowing what to

reply.

“Since you have no business here, you should leave.”

Alessandra felt annoyed that Shawn had brought so many people to their

home. It was their family’s big day that day, and she did not wish for

others to interrupt the happy event.

Shawn felt relieved when he heard what Alessandra said. What a kind soul

this woman is. He quickly nodded in response and led his subordinates

away.

“Mr. Zeller!”

Ryder had just entered from outside, so he was clueless about what had

happened. He was worried that Shawn would take his wife away, but he

did not expect to see the latter leave so soon.

“Don’t call me!”

Shawn did not want to stay there for a second longer.

“What about the money…”

Ryder was an honest man. He was still thinking about the debt, but Shawn

ignored him and scurried away.

“That’s weird! What’s going on?”

Ryder scratched his head in confusion.

Emmanuel was in the kitchen cooking, so he did not get to check out the

commotion in the living room. When he was done and left the kitchen, he

saw Benny and Jack trying their best to please Terence.

Their family was the only branch of the Lowe family involved in the

business world. They knew how to read the room and adapt to their

surroundings. Even if they did not realize that Terence was from the most

prominent family in Yeringham, they could tell he was rich and influential.

If they could butter up and please Terence and his family, their businesses

would surely blossom.

For Emmanuel’s sake, Terence made small talk with Benny and Jack.

Mackenzie ignored everyone. She chose not to listen to what Benny and

Jack were talking about, much less shake hands with them.

Felicity knew her daughter well and trusted that she had a good eye for

reading people. Those who Mackenzie looked down on were definitely not

good men.

She took out her phone and began swiping through her social media, not

bothering to socialize with Benny or Jack.

Anger flashed across Benny’s and Jack’s eyes when they noticed

Mackenzie’s and Felicity’s arrogance. However, neither of them dared to

speak up about it.

“It’s time for lunch!” Emmanuel yelled. After all, Benny and his family were

still his relatives. He could not bear to watch them get angry with

Mackenzie.

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Emmanuel knew Mackenzie well. If she wanted to ignore someone, it

would be useless for that person to cry and beg for her attention.

Soon, everyone was gathered around two large dining tables for lunch.

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Emmanuel’s and Mackenzie’s families sat at one table, and Benny’s and

Ryder’s sat at the other.

The atmosphere during lunch was quite harmonious.

Mackenzie was not used to such weird dishes eaten by the lower-class

people. How am I supposed to eat these?

She also did not expect Alessandra to take such good care of her. The

latter was enthusiastically serving her food.

Not daring to reject Alessandra’s kind gesture, Mackenzie smiled before

putting down her fork and letting Alessandra pile more food onto her

plate.

Unfortunately, Terence was sitting beside her. He faked a cough and

glanced at her when he noticed she had stopped eating.

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Mackenzie let out a heavy sigh. She had no choice but to push the plate of

food Alessandra had given her toward Emmanuel.

“Um…”

Alessandra’s face reddened in embarrassment as awkwardness filled the

air.

Emmanuel also felt awkward. He was about to explain when Mackenzie

said, “I’m on a diet. I can’t eat too much.”

Emmanuel knew she was respecting Alessandra by saying that.

“Is that so? But you’re so skinny. What if you end up malnourished?”

Alessandra asked worriedly.

The corners of Mackenzie’s lips twitched in annoyance. My own mother

isn’t worried about me. Who are you to try to control my food intake?

“Mom, don’t you know? Times have changed, and so have beauty

standards. Nowadays, the skinnier you are, the prettier you are. It’s

understandable that you’re oblivious about it since there’s a huge gap

between our generations.” Roselynn hurried to explain to her mother and

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placed ladles beside each dish. She knew Mackenzie must’ve been

disgusted and annoyed by how Alessandra had served her food.

“Haha, I’m sorry for being so uncivilized. I didn’t know about that.”

Alessandra was quick to apologize to Mackenzie.

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“It’s all right,” Mackenzie uttered. Although this mother-in-law of mine likes

to nag, she has an excellent temper. Lucky for me, I don’t have to live with

her. I can still put up with her if it’s just having a meal occasionally.

Roselynn thought it was difficult to get along with Mackenzie, but she did

not mind it too much. She was just worried that Emmanuel would get

annoyed with such a woman sooner or later.

“I can’t wait for Mackenzie and Emmanuel to give me great-grandchildren.

I wonder if you feel the same,” Terence asked Alessandra.

Pfft!

Mackenzie had just taken a mouthful of food. She almost spat it out when

she heard what Terence said.

The smile on Emmanuel’s lips stiffened as well.

It had not been easy for him to persuade Mackenzie to go home with him,

yet now they were asking when they would have kids. That’s a challenging

task that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to complete!

When he thought about it, apart from that one time he accidentally saw

Mackenzie’s body, they had never once held hands, much less moved to

the next level of intimacy.

Will she kill me if our families keep pressuring us to have a baby?

“Haha! Of course I do!” Sure enough, Alessandra immediately tried to

pressure her son. “Manny, you need to work harder. Don’t make Old Mr.

Quillen wait too long!”

Emmanuel could only chuckle in reply before wolfing down his food to

avoid answering any other questions.

“I’m done. I have something else to do, so I’ll take my leave now.”

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With that, Mackenzie put down her fork. She preferred to leave instead of

staying if that were the topic they would discuss during lunch.

Emmanuel also knew she was at her limit. If they did not leave soon, the

lunch might end on a terrible note.

”

He said, “Mom, Mackenzie and I have other things to attend to, so I’ll go

back with her first!”

Terence had wanted to stop Mackenzie from leaving, but when he heard

she and Emmanuel had something to do, he let them go.

Otherwise, he would have done everything he could to ensure Mackenzie

stayed at the Lowe residence for the rest of the day.

The Lowes were surprised when Mackenzie suddenly got up and left the

dining room.

Emmanuel quickly followed behind her so he could become her driver.

Along the way, neither of them spoke a word. It was then Emmanuel

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received a message.

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Emmanuel did not check who sent him the message since he was driving.

Mackenzie, however, accidentally glanced at the screen and was taken

aback.

The message wrote: Emmanuel, you have my support. You only need to

pluck up the courage and pin Mackenzie down to have your way with her.

If you can give me a great-grandchild and let them have “Quillen” as their

last name, I’ll give you all my life savings!

Mackenzie was rendered speechless when she read the message.

How can there be such a grandfather in the world? How dare he persuade

Emmanuel to take advantage of me by using his life savings as bait? His

life savings are worth at least tens of billions! Impossible! I won’t allow that

to happen! If Emmanuel finds out about this, he’ll definitely come onto me

like a hungry beast!

“What’s wrong?”

From the corners of his eyes, Emmanuel noticed that something was

wrong with Mackenzie. In an instant, his curiosity was piqued. He wanted

to know the contents of the message.

“Don’t you dare look over here!” Mackenzie threatened.

However, Emmanuel was not one of her obedient subordinates. He

argued, “Ms. Quillen, don’t you think you’re too much? That’s my phone.

The message was sent to me. So why won’t you let me read it?”

“I said no!”

Mackenzie wanted to delete the message. Unfortunately, she did not know

the password to Emmanuel’s phone.

“Give me your password!”

Emmanuel chuckled. “Ms. Quillen, we’re just a married couple in name.

Previously, you said I can still have my freedom after getting married.

What’s going on now? Why do you want to check my phone?”

Mackenzie was at a loss. She had no choice but to try being unreasonable.

“Just give it to me. Why do you have to spout so much nonsense?”

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“I can give it to you, but you must first let me check the message!”

Emmanuel pulled the car to the side of the road and held out his hand,

wanting to take back his phone.

He had no secrets. Mackenzie could check whatever she wanted after he

read the message.

Mackenzie furrowed her brows. She did not want to give him back his

phone.

“Ms. Quillen, you are invading my privacy right now.” Emmanuel was

assertive.

Mackenzie gritted her teeth before she threw the phone at him.

Fortunately, Emmanuel was quick to respond. He swiftly grabbed the

phone. This woman looks standoffish, yet sometimes still acts like a wild

child.

He unlocked his phone and tapped on his messages. After reading

through the message, he could not help but burst into laughter.

“Don’t you dare have funny thoughts! Let’s go home!” Mackenzie said

angrily.

Emmanuel shrugged and put down his phone before driving back to

Yociam Residence.

Mackenzie did not speak a word to him as they traveled home. Once they

arrived, she speed-walked to the door and wanted to slam it shut to lock

Emmanuel outside.

However, Emmanuel was fast as he blocked the door from closing. Anger

was boiling within him as he could not help but retort, “You’re being

ridiculous! It’s your grandfather who sent the message! You’re making it

seem as if I really want to pin you down and have my way with you. Have

you ever wondered how much effort it would need for me to be aroused

by your icy expression?”

Mackenzie retreated to her bedroom and did not come out for a long time.

Of course, Emmanuel would not go in to comfort her either. It was true that

their relationship had not progressed that far, and he did not do anything

wrong.

Ultimately, it was just a marriage in name. If Mackenzie did not kick him

out, all other matters were not a big deal.

The evening soon came, and Emmanuel went to the kitchen to prepare

dinner.

The moment he came out, he was greeted by the sight of Mackenzie

sitting on the couch in the living room. She was tapping her fingers

impatiently on the arm of the couch. There were some papers on the

glass table before her, and beside them sat a pen.

“Come here and sign this.” Mackenzie beckoned him over.

“What is it?”