Mistaken Match Marrying the Enigmatic CEO novel Chapter 602
Chapter 601
When Emmanuel exited the room, the Lenoirs’ butler was already waiting for
him outside. Meanwhile, Quintus threw himself at him and grabbed his
shoulders, asking, “How is Claudette? Has she woken up?”
After glancing at his surroundings, Emmanuel shook his head at him. “Not yet.
Why don’t you head inside and see her?” Since he had discovered that
Magnus wanted Claudette dead, he could not let his guard down. With
Quintus around, at least Magnus would not dare to act rashly.
At that moment, the butler asked Emmanuel, “Dr. Lowe, Madam asks that you
immediately report the situation to her after coming out of the room.”
With a nod, Emmanuel left with the butler. They pa*sed through several
corridors before arriving at an equipment room. Inside the room, Laura was
making a video call with another noblewoman through a large screen,
giggling as they spoke. Their conversation consisted of typical flattery used in
upper society.
When Emmanuel entered the room, he glanced at the large screen and saw
that the noblewoman was not the type of woman that wore all sorts of
expensive jewelry like she was showing off her wealth to everyone. Instead,
she was exuding a noble temperament from within.
Noble and elegant! Those were the only words he could think of to describe
the noblewoman.
Meanwhile, Magnus was sitting quietly behind Laura like an obedient child. In
addition, he had a graceful smile while listening to the two women
conversing! If Emmanuel had not fought with him earlier, he would have
thought he was a nerdy genius!
Kolton used to tell him that the real devil lay hidden under a harmless
facade, and now, Emmanuel had finally comprehended what it meant!
“Hey, it’s Dr. Lowe. How’s Claudette?” Without turning off the video call, Laura
immediately rose to her feet and approached Emmanuel, swaying her curvy
figure.
“Not good!” He was frank. “She might never wake up.”
“What?!” Her figure shivered as tears poured out of her eyes like a waterfall.
She began hitting Emmanuel’s chest the next moment to vent her emotions.
“You liar! You lied to me! You promised that you would save my daughter! If
Claudette dies, I will make sure you die with her…”
Emmanuel frowned in pain. Though Laura seemed like a weak vixen, she was
pretty strong. Also, she treated him like an enemy while hitting and grabbing
him like a shrew! However, he had no time to stop her because he had
accidentally met Magnus’ gaze.
Magnus adjusted his gla*ses while sadness filled with eyes. Who knew if they
were real or fake?
“How could that be? Magnus, go and check on Claudette. You have to make
sure she lives! She’s the best candidate I have in mind to be my
daughter-in-law!”
The noblewoman on-screen looked anxious.
“Yes, Mom,” he replied quickly like an obedient child. Right before he exited
the room, he sneaked a peek at Laura and Emmanuel from the corner of his
eyes.
Once he was gone, Emmanuel began to think about how he would tell Laura
the truth. After all, Quintus was all brawn and had no brain, so it was
unrealistic to count on him to protect Claudette.
“You liar! I’m going to kill you!” Suddenly, Laura began thrashing around
vigorously and pulling at Emmanuel’s clothes.
The new shirt he had specially put on for tonight was ripped into pieces, and
there were even scratches and blood on his chest and neck! Depressed, he
thought, This woman is so powerful! Is she beating me up like how she would
to a mistress?
Just as he was thinking of stopping her, she suddenly threw herself at him
and stood on her tiptoes, parting her red lips to whisper in his ear, “Dr.
Handsome, do you have a secret to tell the little old me?”
-Emmanuel felt electrocuted. When he looked at the computer equipment, he
saw they were out of the picture. It was then that he realized what Laura was
doing; she was trying to avoid the noblewoman inside the screen.
He knew the woman before him was more complex than she seemed! Could
she have seen through Magnus’ thoughts too?
“Mrs. Lenoir, someone doesn’t wish for Claudette to live!” He made it short and
simple.
Her expression showed slight shock, but she whispered in his ear, “It’s not that
he doesn’t want Claudette to live. He refuses to see her become someone
else’s wife… It’s such a pity. He knows he can’t change reality, so he destroys
everything to save his pride…
When Emmanuel heard that, he fell into a deep thought.
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Under the S**y facade, Laura indeed had a bright mind. Women… None was
easy to reckon with!
“Dr. Handsome, wait until I inform the others before visiting here again.
Quintus and I won’t let Claudette die…” Once she finished, she suddenly went
berserk and began tugging at Emmanuel’s shirt again, continuing the
previous scene.
My gosh! This woman is such a good actress. It’s a pity she’s not in the
entertainment industry because she might win the Academy Awards for best
actress-such a waste of talent.
His clothes were torn into pieces. Even when he left the room with difficulty,
the woman still hung tightly on him. “Get out of here! You’re a phony! A
useless doctor!” she roared as the Lenoirs’ bodyguards forcefully chased
Emmanuel out of the villa.
Without a car, he could only walk away in his haggard state.
Meanwhile, Magnus was standing by a window on the top floor of the Lenoir
residence and thinking about something while watching the figure under the
lights. A while later, he turned around and entered Claudette’s ward.
Quintus was anxious, muttering, “Why isn’t she waking up? What went wrong?
I thought she looked healthy before!”
“Quintus, I have a way for Claudette to wake up.”
Hearing the voice, Quintus turned around and looked at Magnus with
shocked eyes. They had known each other for many years. When they were
younger, he had even secretly asked Magnus about homework. Therefore, he
trusted him wholeheartedly.
The next moment, Magnus approached Claudette and gently grabbed her
hand. Quintus watched tentatively, thinking that Magnus might have a
medical way of waking up his sister. However, he did not expect the other
would use so much force that he snapped her fingers!
“Hey! Hey! What are you doing?” Quintus was alarmed and wanted to stop
Magnus, but his yells did not stop the latter. Instead, Magnus had a fierce look
in his eyes as he broke her finger!
Crack!
The sound of bone breaking was crystal clear, and the sight of the finger
bending at ninety degrees was terrifying!
“You b*stard!” Quintus’ eyes were wide in shock, and he felt his blood boiling!
He did not care who that madman was anymore and wanted to punch him
to death! However, Blue Rose suddenly jumped out from the side and
wrapped her arms around his waist. Then, she bent over and threw him to
the ground!
“F*ck you! I’ll f*cking kill you all!” Quintus’ head bled from the impact but did
not seem seriously injured.
Ignoring the other’s screams, Magnus stared fixedly at Claudette’s face.
Crack!
Another finger was ruthlessly snapped.
“Ahh-Ahh! Don’t you dare hurt my sister! I’ll f*cking kill you! I will kill you!”
Quintus’ eyes were bloodshot, and his face was dark as coal. He wanted to
skin Magnus alive. That b*stard kept saying he loved Claudette and wanted
to be her knight in shining armor. Was this how a knight in shining armor
should act? More like a princess-slaughtering devil!
The furious Quintus exposed all his weaknesses before Blue Rose, and she
tripped him with a sweep of her leg.
Crack!
Magnus broke the third finger on Claudette’s hand. Although he had praised
her beautiful fingers, saying that her index finger was like a magic wand that
could play melodious tunes, now, he had destroyed them without blinking.
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However, Claudette remained quiet and did not even react after he had
broken three of her fingers as if she was dead.
“Interesting…” He guessed Emmanuel had done something, so he released
her hand and left.
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Magnus exited Claudette’s ward and left the villa, knowing everyone in the
Lenoir family well. Even though Adolph and Laura would not publicly fall out
with him after what he had done, Quintus would certainly take his life if he
stayed at the Lenoir residence.
Seeing that it was not time to kill Quintus, he could only leave for the time
being.
“Mr. Magnus, the estimate you made an hour ago was very precise. Ms.
Winona had indeed called!” Once Magnus got inside the car, Blue Rose sat
beside him with an iPhone 14 Pro in her hand, speaking with admiration. She
had dedicated her life to Magnus. Unlike Quinn and Casper, who did it for
money, she did so because she was mesmerized by his charm.
On the other hand, Magnus did not answer the call but hung up. Afterward,
he scanned his finger to retrieve an encrypted website from the phone
before sending it to Winona. Lastly, he placed the phone back between Blue
Rose’s soft chest before gently patting it. That was the specialized spot he
kept his phone.
In the meantime, Winona still had bloodshot eyes. She could not sleep
despite the quiet night. Her son had suffered such a huge humiliation, and
she could not wait another moment. The Quillen family did not deserve
another second of peace! She had to seek revenge for her son!
The Verkades had previously sent out several a*sa*sins but failed to wipe out
the Quillens. Since then, she realized that the only people she could count on
were the Zelinskys from Zovince. Therefore, she immediately called her
nephew but did not expect him to hang up.
Just as she was about to explode in anger, she received a text. When she
opened it and saw the website, her eyes immediately lit up! Swiftly, she
opened the link without hesitation and saw a member’s login page. Then, she
found the login details Magnus provided at the bottom of the text.
Once she successfully logged in, she saw an extremely horrifying scene.
Seeing such a terrifying scene in the middle of the night made her hair stand
on its end! Bloodthirsty spiders were crawling across the bloody webpage;
the animation seemed almost realistic.
When she looked carefully, she saw that it was the Redback Assa*sins
igures
guaranteed commission for every task. Since Magnus had provided her with
a VIP account, she could see up to the third-ranking a*sa*sin’s details.
Winona seemed possessed as she greedily took in all the information on the
webpage. There are 33 completed tasks, 33 completed tasks, O failures, 100%
success rate? While silently reciting the information, she noticed this a*sa*sin
was not the one with the most tasks done and was even at the bottom of the
leaderboard. However, this a*sa*sin had a 100% success rate.
She took another look at the commission for each task and saw it was 12
million! That was almost worth one of the Verkade family’s subsidiary
companies. Though, this was reality, not fiction. Even when Adolph tried to
save his daughter, he only offered a 7.5 million reward. Now, she had to pay
the a*sa*sin an entire subsidiary company to kill someone. If it were up to
William or Gautier, they might not be willing to pay that much!
It was a pity that Winona was a woman. Her son had suffered such
humiliation, and she would send the culprits to hell, even if it meant selling
everything she owned!
In the meantime, Emmanuel returned home after leaving the Lenoir
residence. After everyone set off the firecrackers at midnight, he hurriedly
went to bed because he had a full schedule during the upcoming New Year
festivities. However, he barely got five hours of sleep when he heard
someone gently knocking at his door.
“Manny, get up! Manny, wake up…” It was Alessandra’s voice, sounding
anxious.
With reddened eyes, he opened the door, looking sleepy. “Mom, what’s going
on?”
“Manny, quick, wash up and make yourself presentable. We’re going to spend
the New Year at the village!”
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“We’re returning to the village?” Emmanuel was dumbstruck because they
had never discussed this.
“I almost forgot about it. Remember the ancient rule back in our family’s
hometown? Once a man in the family marries someone, he must bring his
wife home for the first New Year after marriage and pay respects to our
ancestors! If your Uncle Benny hadn’t reminded me, I would’ve forgotten all
about it!”
Once Alessandra mentioned it, Emmanuel recalled it as well. We do have
such an ancient rule! However, their family had moved to Yeringham’s city
center over ten years, and he even thought he would never find a wife.
Therefore, he did not care about that ancient rule.
“Mom, do we have to go back?” Roselynn came out in her pajamas and
messy hair.
“Of course. You have to return and pay respects to the ancestors. After all,
you’re married too!” Alessandra requested.
“Mom, I agree to pay respects to the ancestors, but there’s no need to
announce my marriage to everyone in the village, right?” Once Roselynn said
that, she muttered, “I’m going to get divorced anyway…”
“What are you saying? If you dare get a divorce, I’ll skin you alive!” It was rare
for Alessandra to get angry, but when Roselynn mentioned getting a divorce,
Alessandra instantly turned solemn. As parents, who would not want to see
their children have a happy family?
Roselynn did not understand her mother’s feelings and even argued, “Mom,
Jaxton and I are over! I’ve seen through that man, so what’s the use of forcing
me to be with him? Our relationship has ended. Do you understand?”
Alessandra anxiously retorted, “Oh, Roselynn! You’re over thirty and finally
married someone, yet you want to get divorced? That would only make it
harder for you to marry someone else. You won’t be able to find anyone
better than Jaxton, and you’ll regret your decision!”
The mother and daughter pair had different values. The young daughter was
confident that she was still in a good situation, but the old lady was less
a*sured and had more of a first-hand view of the situation.
Afraid they might start arguing and ruining the peaceful atmosphere,
Emmanuel quickly advised them, “Mom, Roselynn, since we’re returning to our
hometown, we should leave soon. Let’s leave this topic until we return!”
It was then that the mother and daughter paused their argument.
Alessandra was more worried about something else. “Manny, will Mackenzie
agree tò return with us? Our village is quite underdeveloped, and `I’m afraid
she might not be used to staying there.”
Emmanuel responded with a bitter smile because it was a difficult question
to answer. Last night, he suddenly left the Quillen residence, so Mackenzie
must have been mad. Though he had texted her afterward, she did not reply
to any of them, so he wondered if she followed her routine and slept before
11.00PM on New Year’s Eve. Could that be why she did not reply to his texts?
“Mom, can I choose not to return?” He did not answer but asked another
question.
While shaking her hand resolutely, Alessandra rejected him, “We have to
return to our roots. That is the rule our ancestors have set, so how can we, as
their descendants, not follow them?”
“Then, there’s no other way. Let’s head back first. I’ll try to get Mackenzie to
come over tomorrow.”
At that point, Emmanuel could only play it by ear. He dared not tell his mother
the truth lest it would worry her. In addition, although Mackenzie seemed
arrogant and hard to communicate with, he foolishly believed she would
agree to come.
Once the family of three was done washing up and had breakfast to
celebrate the New Year, they got ready to return to their hometown.
The Lowe family’s hometown was Hero’s Village, a large town with a mixed
population. Even under normal circumstances, it would still take them three
hours to arrive at the village from Yeringham. Since the family of three was in
a hurry to return for the New Year, they could not afford to wait for Emmanuel
to retrieve the Maserati from the Yociam Residence, Therefore, they could
only call for a cab online.
However, they did not expect the roads to change drastically over the years.
The cab they hired came to a small pa*sageway, and the driver refused to
continue, no matter how much Emmanuel was willing to tip him. Then, the
driver even left them on the side of the road!
The trio was speechless at the turn of events because being stuck in the
middle of nowhere on the first day of the New Year was nowhere near a
pleasant experience!
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Alessandra was on the verge of making a phone call to find out where Benny
and his family had gone, hoping to hitch a ride back to the countryside with
them. They had agreed to travel back to the village together on the first day
of the New Year, intending to honor their ancestors and reconnect with their
fellow villagers.
Just at that moment, a mountain bike suddenly emerged from behind them.
Despite having undergone renovation, it was evident that the mountain bike
was possibly over a decade-old model with an a*sortment of flashy
accessories. It skidded to a sudden stop and created a dust cloud right
before the Lowe family.
Roselynn’s brows furrowed in anger. What’s wrong with this driver? Is he trying
to flaunt his driving skills? Or does he want to pick a fight?
In the following moment, a round head emerged from the window of the
mountain bike and called out to Alessandra, “Well, well, if it isn’t Ms. Cadigan?”
The rider turned out to be a chubby man, whose gaze shifted to Roselynn.
She was dressed grey stockings that highlighted her well-defined and
shapely legs, a stretchy skirt underneath, and a fur coat, exuding a
commanding presence at first sight.
The chubby guy’s mouth hung slightly open as if he was on the verge of
drooling, but he suddenly froze-and-exclaimed excitedly, “Wow, it’s you!
Roselynn!”
“Hey, you’re that chubby little guy!” She also recognized the round-headed
individual. Isn’t he Emmanuelis junior back in the day? What’s his name
again? She could not recall it for a moment! Oh well, let’s just call him
Chubby.
Emmanuel, on the other hand, had a good memory. He walked forward to
greet him. “Shane, is that you? It’s been so many years. I didn’t expect you to
have grown so much!”
“Haha, what do you mean? Does being handsome mean you won’t grow up?
Manny, you’re still a four! You haven’t changed much!” Shane swung open
the car door and leaped out, trying to showcase his agility with exaggerated
moves and striking a pose upon landing. Regrettably, he resembled a large
watermelon with a height of slightly over 5 feet, a round physique, and clad in
green attire.
“What does ‘four’ mean?” Alessandra could not help but ask when she
noticed her children ignoring this adorable guy.
“Haha, when you divide two from four, you still get two, and when you
subtract two, it’s still two. What I mean is that Emmanuel is just as I
remembered… Ms. Cadigan, aren’t I talented?” Shane smiled and raised his
eyebrow as if anticipating praise for his talent.
Emmanuel and Roselynn were rendered speechless, while Alessandra also
chuckled awkwardly. “Shane, you’re still as adorable as ever!”
“Ms. Cadigan, while what you said is true, it’s not entirely accurate. You
shouldn’t overlook my handsomeness just because I’m adorable!” He
adjusted his brand-new attire, tapping his shiny shoes. However, despite the
newness of his clothes, they gave him the appearance of a child playing
dress-up in adult attire.
Unable to bear it any longer, Roselynn exclaimed angrily, “Some things never
change. Shane, stop trying to show off. You’ve kicked up dust all over us. I
won’t hold it against you, but you must take us to the village now!”
“Alright!” Surprisingly, he complied with her request. Emmanuel was not
surprised either, as he knew Shane very well.
He was an orphan Santiago adopted years ago. Emmanuel was considered
his senior as he learned martial arts from Santiago during his youth. Since
their early days, Shane had recognized Roselynn as his sister and used to
follow her around constantly.
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Since childhood, Shane had never been a well-behaved person. He would
always make funny faces and engage in mischievous behavior to grab
everyone’s attention. However, what was unexpected was that he had
become shameless after all these years.
“Manny, why did your family suddenly decide to come back for the New Year
this year? It’s been years since your last visit, isn’t it?” he asked while driving.
Before Emmanuel could respond, he answered his question, “Did you get
married?”
Glancing at the rearview mirror, he confirmed that only Emmanuel and his
family had returned and shook his head. “No way! With your awkward speech
and unimpressive appearance, how could you possibly manage to find a
wife?”
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