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

she going to do if

that

it, Manny. It’s what

shot him

her

Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and

that he had no emotions; he just

to see how red his

so, so guilty

mother had always wanted

instead, he had found himself

part

truth can never come

left this world,” the man muttered

all of

no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this was all

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment number

mentioning the block

I had the sense to

Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie a voice

it being six in the evening,

in the middle of a meeting

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to his

her

no reply. The sky had

stomach ate at

to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to speak

hadn’t added him to

earlier.

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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her understood that

that mattered to her, but when it

whom she didn’t bother

video call would change her

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someone with

unfamiliar profile

frowned and

ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and tried

notification:

and messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

not messing with

the man was smart enough to

was

didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier this morning, so

look at his

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