Chapter 124 Chapter 124 However. she didn't want her mother to worry about Emerson's safety either “We're family here, Roselynn. You wouldn't sit by and do nothing, would you?" Jamison added with a smug grin He was determined to take full advantage of Roselynn's dilemma.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt‘Roselynn does not have eighty thousand, so you can forget about asking her for money! We still have three days, so lets try to come up vith an altemative solution that doesn't involve money. Maybe we can make a police report or something!” Emmanuel suggested You..* Hermann had assumed that his pian would work for sure, but Emmanuel foiled it completely “If you want Uncle Emerson to make it home safely, then tellus everything that you know, Granddad. There's no guarantee that they l let him go even ifwe pay them the money. In fact, they might even hold on to him and demand more money Emmanuel made such a good point that Hermann couldn't argue with him at al “Fine Il tell you everything, but | will never forgive you al f he ends up dying because we don't pay them!” Hermann threatened before giving them a brief summary of the situation Alessandra had wanted to have them stay for lunch, but Hermann refused and stormed out of there with the others What should we do, Manny?” Alessandra asked helplessly.
can't force Roselyn to pay up, 50 selling this house might just be the only option Emmanuel knew what she was thinking, s0 he quickly reassured her, “1 take care of tis, 50 you don't have to do anything on your end. We don't owe Uncle Emerson anything, so we are not responsible for the consequences of his own actions. He has only himself to biame for what happens to him."
Rosslyn felt the same way about the situation. “Thats right! Uncle Emerson is forty—four years old, Mom Its not ike he's an underage teen who doesn't know what he's doing! We didn't put him in that situation! He did it to himself” 4 Of course, Alessandra understood all of that very well. She was simply 100 soft-nearted to sit by and do nothing twas almost noon at the ime. Mackenzie had her driver take her to a restaurant for lunch.
Not only did she summon Beatrix to join her for lunch, but she also had Lexi come over.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“It's a Saturday, Mackenzie. Shouldn't you be staying home with Manuel instead? Wny would you ask us out for lunch?” Beatrix protested.
‘She had been very busy lately after taking over some projects at work, so ‘Saturday was her only chance to sleep in a ite.
Its only eleven in the moming! | can't believe Mackenzie would drag me out of bed just to have lunch with hert “That man went home early in the morning. What wrong with me asking You out for lunch? Why are you complaining so much?” Mackenzie snapped at her coldly.
Beatrix and Lexi shot each other glances and chuckled in amusement Oh... So, you only asked us out because Manuel is busy, hun?” Beatrix teased her Mackenzie shot Beatrix an icy~cold glare, prompting the latter to shut up instantly.
Unlike Emmanuel, she did not have the freedom to speak her mind vithout consequences.
“If you don't want o eat lunch with me, then get back to work. Youve got your hands full at he moment, right? | don't mind giving you more work if you'd like!” ‘Please don't It is an honor for me to have lunch with you, Mackenzie” Beatrix said whie sticking her tongue out Honestly, how does Manuel even put up with Mackenzie? They've been living together for about two weeks now, right? | would've moved out long ago if were him!