Chapter-83

Emmanuel's and Mackenzie's families sat at one table, and Benny's and 

Ryder's sat at the other. 

The atmosphere during lunch was quite harmonious. 

Mackenzie was not used to such weird dishes eaten by the lower-class 

people. How am I supposed to eat these? 

She also did not expect Alessandra to take such good care of her. The 

latter was enthusiastically serving her food. 

Not daring to reject Alessandra's kind gesture, Mackenzie smiled before 

putting down her fork and letting Alessandra pile more food onto her 

plate. 

Unfortunately, Terence was sitting beside her. He faked a cough and 

glanced at her when he noticed she had stopped eating. 

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Mackenzie let out a heavy sigh. She had no choice but to push the plate of 

food Alessandra had given her toward Emmanuel. 

"Um…" 

Alessandra's face reddened in embarrassment as awkwardness filled the 

air. 

Emmanuel also felt awkward. He was about to explain when Mackenzie 

said, "I'm on a diet. I can't eat too much." 

Emmanuel knew she was respecting Alessandra by saying that. 

"Is that so? But you're so skinny. What if you end up malnourished?" 

Alessandra asked worriedly. 

The corners of Mackenzie's lips twitched in annoyance. My own mother 

isn't worried about me. Who are you to try to control my food intake? 

"Mom, don't you know? Times have changed, and so have beauty 

standards. Nowadays, the skinnier you are, the prettier you are. It's 

understandable that you're oblivious about it since there's a huge gap 

between our generations." Roselynn hurried to explain to her mother and 

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placed ladles beside each dish. She knew Mackenzie must've been 

disgusted and annoyed by how Alessandra had served her food. 

"Haha, I'm sorry for being so uncivilized. I didn't know about that." 

Alessandra was quick to apologize to Mackenzie. 

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"It's all right," Mackenzie uttered. Although this mother-in-law of mine likes 

to nag, she has an excellent temper. Lucky for me, I don't have to live with 

her. I can still put up with her if it's just having a meal occasionally. 

Roselynn thought it was difficult to get along with Mackenzie, but she did 

not mind it too much. She was just worried that Emmanuel would get 

annoyed with such a woman sooner or later. 

"I can't wait for Mackenzie and Emmanuel to give me great-grandchildren. 

I wonder if you feel the same," Terence asked Alessandra. 

Pfft! 

Mackenzie had just taken a mouthful of food. She almost spat it out when 

she heard what Terence said. 

The smile on Emmanuel's lips stiffened as well. 

It had not been easy for him to persuade Mackenzie to go home with him, 

yet now they were asking when they would have kids. That's a challenging 

task that I don't think I'll ever be able to complete! 

When he thought about it, apart from that one time he accidentally saw 

Mackenzie's body, they had never once held hands, much less moved to 

the next level of intimacy. 

Will she kill me if our families keep pressuring us to have a baby? 

"Haha! Of course I do!" Sure enough, Alessandra immediately tried to 

pressure her son. "Manny, you need to work harder. Don't make Old Mr. 

Quillen wait too long!" 

Emmanuel could only chuckle in reply before wolfing down his food to 

avoid answering any other questions. 

"I'm done. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now." 

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With that, Mackenzie put down her fork. She preferred to leave instead of 

staying if that were the topic they would discuss during lunch. 

Emmanuel also knew she was at her limit. If they did not leave soon, the 

lunch might end on a terrible note. 

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He said, "Mom, Mackenzie and I have other things to attend to, so I'll go 

back with her first!" 

Terence had wanted to stop Mackenzie from leaving, but when he heard 

she and Emmanuel had something to do, he let them go. 

Otherwise, he would have done everything he could to ensure Mackenzie 

stayed at the Lowe residence for the rest of the day. 

The Lowes were surprised when Mackenzie suddenly got up and left the 

dining room. 

Emmanuel quickly followed behind her so he could become her driver. 

Along the way, neither of them spoke a word. It was then Emmanuel 

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received a message.