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

What is she

all that

It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother well,

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take the money to

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how

so, so

always wanted him to have

instead, he had found himself

take part in

truth can never come to light-at least not

the

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel

by

message.

an upscale

ten thousand

many buildings

that the apartment

the block

I had the sense to

Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie

it being six

of a meeting

of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

figured that the

her to listen to

her a

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate

decided to video call

man knew how aloof

to speak to

hadn’t added him

exchanged numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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knew her understood that she would

mattered to her, but when it

didn’t bother

video call would change

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with

an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his

did I ever give

hung

phone with her and tried redialing her

he received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

the man was smart enough

Terence was her

didn’t

called him earlier

a quick look at his call history to

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