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.

horrible son. This is her

she going to do

all that she

it, Manny. It’s

shot him

knew her mother well,

would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun around

he had no

how red his

felt so, so

had always wanted him

had

to take part in a

never come to light-at least not

world,” the man muttered

all of

way Alessandra would

out that this was all

home, Emmanuel

by

message.

was an upscale area

ten thousand

buildings there,

told him that the apartment

mentioning the block

I had the

City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie a

despite it being six in the evening,

of a

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

her to listen

he sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate at his

he decided to video

how aloof

to

him to her contacts

earlier. At

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an

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her understood that she would

every text that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t bother

a video call would change

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked

When did I ever give this

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and tried

a notification: This user

and messages from

What the hell?

in a daze for

time.

messing with

was smart enough to

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning, so

look at his call

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