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

fifty-seven. What is she going to do if

all that she has

Manny. It’s what

him

woman knew her mother well, so

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money to

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom,

soon as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz

“I understand.”

spun around and left

had no

how red his

felt so, so

mother had always wanted him

he had found himself

take part in

never come

left this world,” the man muttered to

all of

no way Alessandra would be able to

out that

home, Emmanuel

instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment number was

mentioning the

thing I had the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie

being six in the

the middle of

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

Emmanuel figured that

allow her to listen to his

sent her a text message

still no reply. The sky had

stomach ate at his

to

how aloof

to speak to

added him

earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that she would

text that mattered to

didn’t bother responding to,

call would

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked his

ever give this person my

how she hung

phone with her and tried

received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me, is

the man was

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier this morning, so

look at his call history to

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