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.

such a horrible son. This is

fifty-seven. What is she going

that she

it, Manny. It’s

him

young woman knew her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom,

can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

no emotions; he

see how

felt so,

had always wanted him to have

had

part in a mere

come to light-at

this world,” the man

all of a

Alessandra would be able

out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by

message.

an upscale area in

thousand

many buildings there,

the apartment number was

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in the evening,

the middle of a meeting at

CEO of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

that the woman’s

her to listen to his

he sent her a

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate at

decided to video

knew how aloof

want to speak to

added him

numbers earlier. At present,

heard her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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knew her understood that she would

to her, but

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change

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someone with the

an unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

did I ever

she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and

notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

in

time.

messing with

man was smart enough to

Terence was

didn’t

latter had called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his

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