Mistaken Match Marrying the Enigmatic CEO novel Chapter 722
Chapter 721
Emmanuel sent Rhea and her family home. As they got out of the car, Juan
said guiltily, “Emmanuel, I’m really sorry! I originally planned to treat you to a
meal today, but who would have thought-Geez!”
Rhea’s face instantly turned red again. She lowered her head.
“Dr. Gómez, don’t worry about it. I appreciate your kindness.” Emmanuel
smiled faintly. Today’s trip had already brought him quite a few gains.
Firstly, Rhea taught him how to help his cousin set up a date.
Secondly, he happened to ruin the blind date between Jonathan and Tia.
Thirdly, he made Jonathan owe him a huge amount of money.
That was the amount he wouldn’t be able to earn in a hundred years with his
annual salary of 25 grand.
“No, that won’t do.” Juan insisted. “You didn’t get to taste the food Rhea made.
The next time you visit, we’ll make sure you get a good taste of them. Right,
Rhea?”
“Yeah.” Rhea quickly nodded profusely.
She not only admired Emmanuel’s medical skills, but he was also her life
savior! Moreover, it seemed that he had seen and touched her body.
Oh my, it was too embarra*sing…
The mere thought of it made her feel a sensation spreading through her
body.
“The next time you are free, Dr. Gomez, I’ll take the liberty of visiting again.”
Emmanuel could only accept graciously.
“It’s a promise.” Juan was in a good mood. After witnessing Emmanuel’s
medical skills, he was even more certain that the man in front of him was at
the pinnacle of Yeringham’s medical field.
“Goodbye.” After bidding farewell to the Gomez family, Emmanuel drove back.
Various thoughts were running in his head.
Was I the target of the poison today?
He only knew that it was a combination of poison. The main component of
the poison, which seeped into the boiled water, wouldn’t harm the human
body. Even if one ran a test on it, no toxicity would be detected.
Yet, once it combined with the source of the poison, it would produce a
deadly poison, which could kill a person in a short time after a second
mutation.
Emmanuel had only read such an ancient combination of poison in ‘Divine
Valley Medical Records.’
Who could have developed this poison and implanted the source of the
poison in Jonathan? Is it another murder plot deduced by Magnus?
His phone suddenly rang, interrupting his train of thought.
“Emmanuel, could you pick me up from work tonight?” Mackenzie was
straightforward as always.
“Sure,” he agreed readily.
Judging from how the icy goddess was working overtime on her first official
day back after the New Year, it seemed that Terence Group had a lot going
on recently.
His car soon arrived at the entrance of the Terence Group headquarters. A
BMW i8 was driven out from the inside.
Seeing Emmanuel’s Maserati, the BMW driver pulled over and wound the
window down.
Lexi’s smile carried a mature charm. “Ms. Quillen just got off work, and I sent
the third wheeler home. Do you want to go up and pick her up?”
The third wheeler?
Emmanuel looked at the pa*senger seat to see Beatrix pouting, obviously
unhappy about riding home with Lexi.
“Okay, thanks.” Emmanuel parked his car at the entrance before heading to
the elevator.
The Terence Group was still brightly lit, and the security guards were on
patrol.
However, he felt something was off.
It feels like someone is tailing me. This is the Terence Group headquarters,
though?
At this moment, the elevator door opened. His eyes lit up upon seeing the
beauty inside. Naturally, it was his heart-throbbing goddess, Mackenzie!
“Emmanuel, why did you walk here?”
“I’m worried about your safety,” Emmanuel answered honestly..
Chapter 722
Ever since Emmanuel realized someone was tailing him today, he had been
particularly worried about his wife’s safety.
Even if Lexi hadn’t invited him in, he would have come into the building on his
own.
Mackenzie, however, was oblivious to this. A faint smile was plastered across
her lips before it gave way to a deliberate aloofness. “You’re such a
worrywart. I’m in my own company, surrounded by security guards and
bodyguards. What kind of danger could there possibly be?”
He responded with a nonchalant smile, “I can only be at ease when I’m by
your side.”
“You’re such a smooth talker. Emmanuel, you’ve changed.” She feigned anger.
Whenever other men spoke sweet nothings to her, she would feel
uncomfortable. However, strangely, she didn’t feel that way with this man.
Emmanuel gave a wry smile. He wasn’t trying to be cheesy because he was
genuinely concerned for her safety.
He didn’t want to make things worse by explaining, so he simply kept quiet.
The two of them walked out of the building side by side.
There was a distance between the entrance of the building and the main
gate of the company. This time, Emmanuel was acutely aware of being
followed.
Nevertheless, he pretended not to know and silently escorted his wife to the
car. After locking the car door, his gaze suddenly turned cold as he swiftly
moved toward a corner.
Mackenzie was slightly taken aback, after which her gaze instantly turned icy
cold.
Someone’s tailing me again? D*mn it!
The person hiding in the shadows was startled and tried to escape, but
Emmanuel was fast as he grabbed the person’s shoulder.
“Show yourself!” He intended to subdue the person, but the latter was quicker
than he had expected. The person tried to slip away from him.
He had no choice but to use a grappling technique. The woman didn’t resist
this time and willingly dove into his arms. He had her locked in his arms.
To his surprise, the woman pressed her soft chest against his deliberately.
She even squeezed it hard.
“It’s you.” His brows knitted.
“Mr. Lowe, what do you wanna do with me? I’m no match against you, so I can
only let you do as you please,” she teased.
It was the red-dressed woman from the Redback Assa*sins.
Emmanuel, who was afraid of such shameless acts, could only push her to
the ground.
The red-dressed woman lay on the ground, lifting one leg. Only then did he
notice that she was bare-footed.
As she lifted her leg, the fabric slid down to her knee, revealing her bare leg.
“Mr. Lowe, you don’t know how to treat a lady with affection, do you? Am I not
beautiful? How could you be so rough?” She continued teasing until a chill
enveloped her.
Looking up, she met Mackenzie’s gaze. Mackenzie’s aura alone made her
shudder.
“M-Mackenzie!” The red-dressed woman suddenly became docile.
“What are you doing here? Was it you who was following me earlier today?”
Emmanuel finally asked.
Mackenzie’s gaze became colder. This shameless woman! Was she trying to
seduce her husband while I was away?
“No, it wasn’t me.” The red-dressed woman shook her head. “But I know who
they are.”
“Then spill their names. Don’t beat around the bush.” A threatening glint
flashed in his eyes. “Don’t forget that your brother’s life is in my hands!”
She pouted in grievance. “I came to find you for two important things. The first
is to ask you to save my brother.”
“Your brother?” He was slightly taken aback. “What happened to him?”
After all, he was his slave. If he died, it would be a loss.
“He failed his mission and they cut his Achilles tendon.” Her eyes sparked a
hint of resentment as she bit her lower lip.
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“Really?” Emmanuel was skeptical. “The Redback Assa*sins indeed value
success rate highly, but your brother is one of the top three a*sa*sins. Would
they really cripple him for failing one mission?”
Mackenzie also found it hard to believe. She looked at him. Ever since
Emmanuel disappeared, she had always suspected that he was not an
ordinary person.
Now that she had witnessed his extraordinary skills, exceptional medical
techniques, and knowledgeable side, she believed that he was hiding
something.
However, Alessandra, his mother, had claimed that he was just an ordinary
retired soldier, so Mackenzie didn’t speculate wildly.
“Mr. Lowe, Mackenzie, please believe me!” The woman in red continued
anxiously, “My brother failed his mission, but he didn’t want to return the 12
million to the employer. He wanted to take me and leave the Redback
Assa*sins, but he was caught and they crippled his legs!”
Emmanuel frowned, finding her words somewhat credible.
Mackenzie, however, remained skeptical. “Your brother is one of the top three
a*sa*sins in the Redback Assa*sins. Who could have caught him so easily?”
“That’s the second thing I wanted to tell you.” The woman in red looked
anxious. “Someone has hired the new Saintess of the Holy Fire organization. It
seems like her target is you. She has already arrived in Yeringham with her
followers. It was her who captured my brother!”
“Saintess?” Mackenzie frowned slightly and looked at him. She had no idea
that organization was.
Neither was Emmanuel familiar with the Holy Fire organization. Even though
he had heard of it before, he had never directly confronted it.
“The Holy Fire organization sold us siblings to the Redback Assa*sins. It has
over a hundred thousand members worldwide,” the woman in red explained
quickly.
So, that’s how it is.
The couple was secretly surprised, especially Mackenzie. The Quillen family
had never confronted such a huge organization before.
If they were really targeting the Quillen family, it would be difficult for them to
resist.
“After I take Mackenzie home, you can show me the way to your brother.”
Emmanuel decided to trust the woman in red this time. After all, the life of the
Snake Master was in his hands. She wouldn’t dare to play tricks with him.
“Emmanuel, let’s go together,” Mackenzie suddenly suggested.
He was slightly stunned. “Didn’t you say that you have to sleep before 11 p.m.
every night?”
“I can make an exception once just for you.” She smiled engagingly.
He was touched.
The woman in red couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “What did I do to deserve
this? Why do I have to suffer this?”
The couple burst into laughter. Soon, the three of them arrived at a secluded
guesthouse.
The couple would’ve suspected that the woman in red had set up an
ambush here to lure them in if they didn’t have Snake Master as their
leverage.
Mackenzie asked suspiciously before getting out of the car, “Why did you
choose to keep your brother in a place like this?”
“Mackenzie, please stop being paranoid.” The woman in red subtly changed
her tone. Her tone was sweet before this because she was desperate to
survive.
“The Holy Fire organization is much stronger than you think. Their information
network almost permeates the whole world. Now that they are planning to do
something in Yeringham, they could find us at any time if I take my brother to
a hotel.”
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Emmanuel reluctantly accepted the explanation given by the woman in red.
However, Mackenzie remained seated in the car. She feared that stepping
out of the car might lead them straight into an enemy trap.
After all, the woman before her was a sly and unscrupulous female a*sa*sin.
“Mackenzie, since we’re here, let’s go in and see for ourselves.”
Emmanuel tried to persuade her and added, “I’m here with you, and I’ll do
whatever it takes to keep you safe!”
Given that the Snake Master was under his charge, Emmanuel’s nature
wouldn’t allow him to idly witness his demise.
Additionally, he had been eager to inquire about the origins of the pattern on
Snake Master’s face. The similarity of this pattern on Richie and Ashton’s
bodies had also piqued his curiosity for a while.
“Alright.”
After hearing Emmanuel’s words, Mackenzie decided to get out of the car.
The woman in red couldn’t help but roll her eyes again. Seriously, I can’t take
any more of this couple’s excessive public affection!
“Hey, what are you doing?”
As the woman in red led Emmanuel and Mackenzie into the inn, the fat
woman at the front desk started to make a fuss and exclaimed, “You only
booked for two people. How can you suddenly have four?”
Emmanuel frowned and retorted, “Why does it matter how many people are
in one room?”
He had never seen business conducted in such a way.
matters! Our rooms are priced per person, so with four people,
“Of course,
you’ll need to-”
The fat woman’s sentence trailed off abruptly as she shut her mouth.
With a frigid gaze, Mackenzie had already placed a pile of banknotes before
her. “Does this cover the cost of booking all your rooms?”
“Hehe, that’s more than enough! Have a blast!” The chubby woman cheerfully
stashed the money away, unconcerned about the number of guests or their
–
identities human or otherwise.
Her earlier words had been calculated as an attempt to secure another
room booking and boost her business.
Emmanuel found himself somewhat taken aback by the chubby woman’s
avid greed.
After the three of them entered the room, the chubby woman muttered
under her breath, “Young people these days are quite open-minded. Are
group activities all the rage?”
As Emmanuel and Mackenzie followed the woman in red into the room, they
were greeted by a powerful stench of blood.
The Snake Master lay on the bed, and nearly half of the bed was drenched in
blood.
“Mr. Lowe, please! Save my brother!” the woman in red pleaded urgently.
Only then did Emmanuel grasp the gravity of Snake Master’s injuries. Not only
had his leg tendons been severed, but his internal organs were also severely
damaged.
Had it not been for his remarkable resilience, he would have met his demise
already.
Mackenzie also found the supposed saintess excessively brutal.
To subject someone to such a merciless beating seemed less humane than
swiftly ending their life with a sword.
She even felt a pang of sympathy for both the Snake Master and his sister.
After all, his current state was a result of his failed attempt to a*sa*sinate
her.
“They didn’t plan on sparing your brother, did they?” Emmanuel inquired while
attending to the Snake Master’s urgent medical needs.
“Yes, the situation was beyond dire back then. I threw caution to the wind to
rescue my brother, but I was utterly outmatched. Luckily, my brother
employed a shedding skin technique, and we barely scraped through with
our lives!”
The woman in red’s words dripped with sincerity, her authenticity
accentuated as she gestured to her own feet. “I was so desperate to escape
that I even left my shoes behind!”
Although Emmanuel couldn’t imagine the details of the situation at the time,
the siblings’ present condition offered a glimpse of the danger they had
faced.
After rebandaging the Snake Master’s wounds, Emmanuel instructed the
woman in red, “If you want to save him, we’ll need some medicine and
medical supplies. Head out and get them now.”
However, she immediately looked troubled. “I’m strapped for cash at the
moment. I had to pawn all of my belongings to stay at this inn. That’s
probably why the chubby lady was so rude earlier.”
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Emmanuel still had his doubts.
The woman in red was also a killer from the Redback Assa*sins. Although her
position might not match up to her brother’s, she surely had substantial
earnings. How did she become so poor?
Mackenzie shared the doubts and confronted the woman in red directly as
she asked, “Given your skills, even if you’re broke, have you not once
considered sneaking into a pharmacy to steal some medical supplies?”
“Hehe, you’re underestimating me!” the woman in red replied with a hint of
pride. “We’re a*sa*sins, not thieves. Sneaky things like stealing? That’s not our
style!”
Emmanuel couldn’t help but chuckle. “Oh, really? So, who was sneaking
around and following us today?”
“Uh…
The unexpected sight of the woman in red blushing with embarra*sment
caught them off guard.
“Alright, I’ll have someone bring it over.” Mackenzie didn’t want to waste any
more time.
She had a couple of reasons for wanting to save the Snake Master.
Firstly, he served as Emmanuel’s Snake Slave and demonstrated
considerable competence. His recovery would undoubtedly prove valuable.
Secondly, the Snake Master held a prominent position within the Redback
Assa*sins. If he survived, he could potentially provide them with vital
information.
Notably, Mackenzie was also aware that Emmanuel seemed curiously
interested in the peculiar pattern on the Snake Master’s face.
Emmanuel paid no attention to who Mackenzie might direct to deliver
medical supplies. Instead, he seized the opportunity to study the Snake
Master’s body.
The more he delved into understanding the Snake Master’s physique, the
more astonished he became!
It appeared that modern dark medicine had advanced to a level beyond the
comprehension of ordinary people. The Snake Master’s bodily structure
hardly resembled that of a human anymore.
The scales adorning his physique likely harbored mystical energy. However,
they had now been forcibly stripped away, leaving his form bloody and his
white bones exposed.
“What kind of saintess is she? She’s practically a female demon!”
Emmanuel couldn’t help but grind his teeth in anger, deeply disturbed by the
brutal and inhumane treatment the Shake Master had endured.
Mackenzie’s expression turned chilly as well, with a trace of hidden
resentment. She seemed to be lost in thought but remained silent.
After Emmanuel concluded his thorough examination, Mackenzie suddenly
uttered, “Emmanuel, come with me!”
With that, she walked out of the room directly.
Emmanuel was momentarily stunned, his gaze shifting briefly toward the
woman in red before he decided to follow Mackenzie.
The woman in red pouted her lips, realizing that the couple intended to have
a private discussion. She had no intention of foolishly intruding.
Since Mackenzie had reserved the inn, they had the freedom to move around
as they pleased.
The two entered an empty room and locked the door behind them.
“Mackenzie, what did you want to talk about?” Emmanuel was somewhat
fatigued today. He sat on the bed and stretched his muscles to ease his
exhaustion.
The day had truly been a whirlwind for him. From enduring Rhea’s
unconventional cuisine earlier to expending his energy rescuing people in the
restaurant, and now finding himself here to treat the Snake Master, it felt like
he had gone through a triathlon.
However, Mackenzie found this place dirty and refrained from sitting down.
She stood the whole time and pursed her lips before finally asking, “Do you
harbor suspicions about the woman in red?”
“Yes!” Emmanuel nodded. “I’ve had the feeling that she’s been weaving
half-truths all along.”
“Then, do you really want to save the Snake Master? Aren’t you afraid of
falling into a trap?” she asked with a frown.
“I was worried about that at first, but upon witnessing his condition, I believe
he won’t pose a threat. He wouldn’t have subjected himself to this level of
harm just to collaborate with someone and deceive me.”
Emmanuel’s conviction was palpable.
He knew that if he didn’t intervene and save the Snake Master, there was little
chance that the Snake Master would survive until the next morning.
Mackenzie gazed into his eyes for a lingering moment before releasing a
sigh. “Alright, if you believe in them, I’ll put my trust in you too. I’ll have Lexi
fetch the medical supplies, and then you can proceed with reviving him.”
Emmanuel nodded in agreement.
He was well aware of Mackenzie’s concerns. With Magnus having explicitly
targeted two invaluable a*sets of the Quillen family and the sudden
emergence of the enigmatic Holy Fire organization in Yeringham, it was
highly likely that the Quillen family was also in their crosshairs.
There could even be potential ties to the Zelinsky family of Zovince.
Given these circumstances, Mackenzie’s cautious approach was entirely
warranted.
“Mackenzie, you seem quite worn out. How about taking a hot bath to unwind
for a while?”
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Emmanuel spoke with a touch of concern.
He was strong and possessed the endurance to withstand much, but his wife
was as delicate and precious as a flower. She tirelessly managed her
responsibilities throughout the day and even into the night. He genuinely
worried about her well-being!
“Alright!” Despite her disdain for the environment, Mackenzie figured that a
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