Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 575
“I–It’s nothing. I’ll let you get back to work. We’ll talk about this when we meet
up during the festivities,” Ryder stammered and hesitated, unable to express
himself.
Suddenly, Alessandra grabbed the phone from Emmanuel before he could
hang up and said, “Ryder, why don’t you spend the new year with us this
year? You don’t have a wife now.”
“A–Ah, Mother, wouldn’t we be bothering you then?” Though he now
addressed her as “Mother,” Ryder understood he was not her biological son.
He worried Emmanuel’s wife wouldn’t want him and Tommy over for New
Year’s Day.
“Why would you? You call me ‘Mother,‘ so I should treat you like my son and
Tommy like my grandson. Anyway, Mackenzie said she would only be back
for one day. I’ll have no one with me for the rest of the holiday! Is that so?
Very well then.” After hearing that, he decided to agree.
“Since you’re now divorced, I must find you a new wife. The New Year
festivities are the best time for matchmaking.”
At this moment, Emmanuel was reminded of his “horrible and miserable” past
when he overheard Alessandra talking about matchmaking. I’ve had 18 failed
matchmaking dates in a row, so I hope Ryder doesn’t break that record.

On the other end of the call, Ryder’s heart filled with anticipation when he
heard what she said. He had long since envied Emmanuel for meeting
Mackenzie through matchmaking. With that marriage as a model of success,
Ryder aspired to be successful in matchmaking and marry someone like her.
He knew he wasn’t as good a catch as Emmanuel, and he was willing to
settle for a woman who was ten times worse than Mackenzie if it meant she
was better than Abellyn.
After returning the phone to Emmanuel, Alessandra picked up her phone and
appeared to be about to start setting up dates for Ryder.
“Are you calling the matchmaker again?” Roselynn chimed in, and it was
evident that she had overheard the call that had been going on between the
two of them and Ryder.
On the other hand, Emmanuel also assumed his mother would contact the
matchmaker.
To his surprise, Alessandra shook her head and replied, “No. I’m going to call
Milani’s mother.”
“Huh?”
Both siblings were shocked. What is going on?
“Milani had always wanted to get together with Manny, but now that he’s
married, maybe she’ll be willing to go on a date with Ryder,” Alessandra

explained while ignoring their stares.
It had been so long since she contacted the Zimmerman family that she was
unaware of Milani’s situation. In any case, she was just being friendly, so there
was no harm in a simple phone call.
“Let’s not call them, Mom.” Emmanuel tried to dissuade Alessandra from
calling because that family was not as friendly as she had imagined.
Unfortunately, he was too late; his mother was already on the phone with
Melody.
When Melody learned that Alessandra was attempting to set up a date with
Milani, she assumed it was on Emmanuel’s behalf. Before Alessandra could
finish her sentence, Melody interrupted her with a torrent of mocking
remarks. “Ha! Didn’t you say your son is so talented and amazing,
Alessandra? Didn’t you say he had hooked up with a rich and beautiful
woman and was now driving a Maserati? Did he get dumped already? Are
you saying that he now wants Milani? What was that phrase again? As à dog
returns to his vomit, a fool repeats his folly!”
“Huh? That-” Alessandra was stunned and speechless when she heard this,
and she had not expected such a strong reaction.
Melody was not done yet, and she scoffed coldly as she continued, “It’s too
late! Way too late! Milani is getting married soon. It’ll be in four days. Since-

you’ve called, consider this your invitation. Remember to bring the entire
family over. She’s getting married into a rich family. We’ll be waiting for your
blessings! Don’t chicken out, okay?”
“Well... Okay.” As Alessandra was a doormat, she agreed to attend the
wedding even though she knew Melody was just flaunting. They were all
familiar with each other, so they would be laughed at if she rejected a
wedding invitation. After hanging up, she turned to look at her son with a
pained look on her face.
On the other hand, Emmanuel did not know what to say either. After all, he
did not even agree to whatever plans Ryder wanted to make during the
holidays. Why was there now another event on the calendar?
He also knew that Melody was a blabbermouth. Now that his mother had
accepted the invitation, skipping out on the wedding would only give Melody
fodder to gossip about Alessandra so that all the women around them would
laugh at her.