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.

horrible son. This

she going

that

It’s what Mom

shot him a

woman knew her mother well,

would

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take the

it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

as soon as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun around

he had no emotions;

to see how

so,

had always wanted

had found himself

part in a mere

come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man

terrified all

way Alessandra would be

that this was all a

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area

thousand per

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

the

thing I had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

in the middle of a meeting

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

that the

her to listen to his

sent her a

The sky

empty stomach ate at

he decided to video

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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understood that she

to her, but when

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked

did I ever give this person

hung up,

phone with her and tried redialing

a notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a

time.

messing with me,

man was

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier

at his

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