Chapter 6

“I’ll tell you about it after talking it through with her,

Mom.”

Emmanuel decided to leave things be for now.

Since he couldn’t agree or refuse, he had no choice but

to take it one step at a time.

“All right, then,” Alessandra responded. “Well, how

about you move out and go live with her today? Girls

love it when guys are romantic. It’s your wedding night,

so you’d better not leave her on her own! Take good

care of her. Do you understand?”

Wedding night? Emmanuel scoffed internally.

If that hadn’t even crossed his mind, then Mackenzie

certainly wouldn’t have thought of it either.

The woman had never even thought about

consummating their marriage.

There’s just no way it’d ever happen!

Still, he nodded at his mother and sister. “I’ll be off,

then. Take care of yourselves. Call me whenever you

need me.”

That alone was enough to make Alessandra and

Roselynn tear up again.

Given how Emmanuel’s father had died young, and the

two women had watched Emmanuel grow up, seeing

the only man in the family leave home made their

hearts heavy.

“Don’t cry, Mom. How are you going to have grandkids

if Manny doesn’t stay with your daughter-in-law?”

Roselynn urged, even though she couldn’t stop crying

herself.

The women spent a long while helping Emmanuel

pack his valuables.

Alessandra shoved a bank card into his hands just as

he was about to leave.

“What are you doing, Mom?”

The man hastily gave it back, knowing that his mother

only had one card. It was baffling that she was

handing him her social security fund.

There was no way he could accept it.

“Take it,” Alessandra insisted. “Your wife agreed to

marry you without you giving her any betrothal gifts.

She even bought a place for you two so you could live

together, so don’t let her down. Give her everything she

deserves! There are about sixty thousand on this card.

Go buy your wife a ring and some jewelry. Do you hear

me?”

Upon hearing that, Emmanuel felt his nose burn.

a horrible son. This

is she going

all that

it, Manny. It’s

shot him

her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank

as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes

so,

mother had always wanted

but instead, he had found himself

take part in a mere

truth can never come to

world,” the

terrified all of a

was no way Alessandra would be

out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in

ten thousand per square

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment number was

mentioning the

the sense to

I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in

of a meeting at

the CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

that the woman’s

her to listen to his

he sent her a

The

ate at his

he decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

phone ring

screen impatiently.

an

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who knew her understood that she

every text that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother

a video call would change

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked

did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and

he received a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a

time.

messing with me,

the man was smart enough

was

didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier

was a quick look at his call history

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