Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 651
Emmanuel stared silently at Tia for a long time, leading Tia to quickly blush
and lower her head. Why is he looking at me like that?! How embarrassing!
Emmanuel, on the other hand, remained composed. He could tell Tia was a
sweet girl. Thus, he still spoke up even if he knew she would turn him down.
“Well, you see, my cousin wants to be friends with you. He hopes to have a
meal with you and spend some time together.”
“Sorry?!” As expected, Tia was shocked, and it took her a while before she
stammered while asking, “T–Tommy’s father? Isn’t he married, though?”
“He was. He’s divorced now,” answered Emmanuel frankly. “It’s a little tough
for him, a single father, to raise Tommy.”
Tia’s expression naturally turned unpleasant. Tommy’s father and Tommy’s
uncle were like night and day.
Though she knew she wasn’t worthy of being with Emmanuel, she never
thought about being with Ryder either.
“If you don’t want to, then forget I—”
“Alright!” Tia interrupted and eagerly agreed, smiling beautifully. “I promised
you, so of course I’ll follow through!”
Emmanuel wasn’t sure how he felt when he looked at the young woman’s
infatuated smile. Things seemed to have become rather complicated.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from not far away. “Manny, Ms. Poole!”
Ryder had arrived at Tia’s rented apartment earlier, and when he saw two
people getting out of a cab, he wondered if it was Tia. Sure enough, when he
approached them, it was her!
Tia, however, slowly tucked away her smile when she saw Ryder approaching
with a beam. “Are you here to pick Tommy up, Mr. Lowe?” Tia greeted him
plainly.
“Yeah. Thank you for taking care of Tommy, Ms. Poole.” Ryder chuckled
warmly.
Mixed feelings surged within Tia as she shifted her gaze between Emmanuel
and Ryder, sighing at how there could be such a vast difference between the
two.
She knew that as a kindergarten teacher, she was nowhere near worthy of a
man like Emmanuel. If she wanted to have frequent encounters with him in
the future, she could only become his relative. However, Ryder was also far
from meeting her standards.
Feeling overwhelmed, she simply ignored Ryder and headed toward her
rented apartment.
“Um, well...” Ryder felt quite disheartened. It seemed Tia really didn’t think
highly of him.

Emmanuel wasn’t sure what Tia was thinking, so he simply patted his cousin
on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort.
After arriving home, Mackenzie popped into Emmanuel’s head inexplicably.
It was a feeling he had never experienced before.
He kept reminiscing about the kiss he had shared with Mackenzie the night
before, and a smile crept upon his lips as he quietly thought about the young
woman. It was as if a sweet taste lingered in his heart.
With that, he dialed Mackenzie’s number.
“Yes? What is it?” Mackenzie responded in her usual composed tone.
“It’s... it’s nothing. I just wanted to know what you were doing,” Emmanuel
replied and immediately felt foolish. Given Mackenzie’s personality, she would
certainly flip out if he bothered her for no reason, especially if she was busy.
He was definitely making trouble out of nothing.
However, little did he know that at that moment, Mackenzie was indeed in the
middle of an emergency meeting at the company’s headquarters, and she
happened to receive his call during a brief break.
If anyone else had dared say so to her at this time, if it were an employee,
she would fire them on the spot; if it were a pursuer, she would immediately
block them.