Chapter 42
“What? You want to borrow money from me again?”
Mackenzie furrowed her brows. “How much?”
“Three thousand. Can you spare it?”
Mackenzie was annoyed at his request for a loan.
When she previously gave him an allowance, he
refused it out of his chauvinistic pride. Yet, he kept
borrowing money from her time and again.
Men are such prideful creatures! What a joke!
“I’ll definitely pay you back once I receive my salary.”
“Pay me back? How much do you earn? How are you going to keep your promise of giving me five thousand
a month?” Mackenzie asked sarcastically, causing
Emmanuel to fall silent.
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Money really makes the world go round. Given how
little I make, I can’t even pay back three thousand, let
alone give her five!
“I’ll definitely think of something. I can even get a
second job!”
Upon hearing Emmanuel’s answer, Mackenzie let out a

sneer before ending the call.
Emmanuel, sitting at home, sighed in resignation when the call–end tone rang out in his ears.
He had wanted to take his mother to the hospital for treatment and budgeted three thousand for the visit. Unfortunately, he had
lent all his money to Frederick.
Ding!
The next moment, he received a fund transfer
notification of thirty thousand on his phone.
Mackenzie had tagged a message onto it: Mr. Lowe, if
you need money the next time, just say so instead of
hanging onto your pride unnecessarily.
Truth be told, she was happy to give him an allowance.
Not just because he needed money for household expenses, but he also deserved a huge reward for helping her out with the
strategic warehouse project.
Nevertheless, Emmanuel felt that his pride was hurt
and gritted his teeth as he replied: Thank you, Ms. Quillen. I’ll definitely return the money to you!”
Mackenzie was subsequently annoyed to receive his
message.
Why is he behaving like a stranger when both of us are
husband and wife?
Meanwhile, Alessandra had gone to Benny’s house to
borrow money.

“Alessandra, I don’t have any money to spare.”
Benny avoided her like the plague when he realized
that she came for a loan. “We have just bought a new
house, while Jack needs to pay more than ten
thousand in monthly installments for his Porsche. How am I to lend you any money when we can barely cover
our monthly expenses? Why don’t you check with
Chester instead?”
Grimacing while putting her hand on her upper
abdomen, Alessandra continued with a pale look on
her face, “Benny, I promise to pay you back within the
month, all right?”
If it wasn’t for the excruciating pain in her kidneys, she
would never come to Benny for a loan.
She knew exactly what sort of person Benny was, let
alone their financial situation.
Benny owned a scrap metal business. Even though
business now wasn’t as bustling as the good old days,
he had made more than ten million over the last twenty years. Hence, regardless of how much he had splurged, he would easily
still have a few million left.
Unfortunately, Alessandra didn’t expect him to remain as stingy as before. He was not even willing to lend her
a paltry three thousand.

“Alessandra, read my lips. I don’t have any money to
lend you. Nothing you say will change that fact.”
Irritated by her persistence, Benny bellowed, “Why
don’t you ask your son for money instead? Isn’t it
embarrassing that his mother needs to go around
borrowing money despite him being a grown man?”
Alessandra waved her hands frantically as she
defended her son, “I came here on my own accord. He
didn’t ask me to do it.”
“What’s the difference? Your son is a
good–for–nothing!”
Once Benny got started, he couldn’t hold himself back. “Look at my son. He’s only twenty–seven and is preparing for his second
baby. As for Emmanuel, he’s
already twenty–eight but isn’t even married. And now,
he can’t even take care of his own mother! He’s
nothing but a disgrace to the Lowe family!”
Alessandra swiftly turned around and replied, “Stop!
I’m leaving… I’ll leave now!”
At that moment, she was struck by the cruelties of life.
Even though she failed to get a loan, she turned

around after a short deliberation. “By the way, Benny,
Manny is married and will come home early next
month. I would like to invite your family over for a meal
then!”
Alessandra just had to stand up for her son. Who says
he can’t get a wife?
Benny was indeed jolted by the revelation before
breaking into a grin. “Good. I’ll definitely come over with
a huge wedding gift!”
What kind of wife can he get with an annual salary of
eighty thousand? She must be poor and ugly. When
the time comes, my son can show off his beautiful wife
instead!