Chapter 43

Upon receiving the loan, Emmanuel went to pick up Alessandra in a taxi. “Mom, why did you come to Uncle Benny’s house?” Emmanuel asked Alessandra when she emerged from Benny’s residential area. “I–It’s nothing! I wanted to inform him of your marriage and invite him over for a meal just to get to know each other better,” Alessandra lied with a sheepish smile. In spite of that, Emmanuel knew that she must have asked Benny for a loan. Moreover, she was hiding the fact that she was rejected...