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.

she going

all that she

It’s what Mom

him a

her mother well, so

would

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

had to take the money to

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back here

as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

no emotions; he just

family to see how red his

so,

always wanted him to have a

he had

take part

never come to light-at least

left this world,” the man

all

way Alessandra would be able to

found out that

home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the

the

thing I had the sense to get

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a

it being six in the evening,

middle of

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long

that the woman’s

her to listen to his

he sent her

reply. The sky

stomach ate at his

decided to video call

aloof

to

added him

earlier. At

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she

to her, but

didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change her

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile

frowned and

did I ever give this

how she hung up,

her phone with her and tried redialing

a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

with

the man was smart enough to

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier

look at his call history to find

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