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 is her retirement

she going to do

all that

it, Manny. It’s what

him

her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

take the money to

and present it

wanted it or not.

6/17

thank

can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

no emotions;

to see how red

felt so, so

had always wanted

but instead, he had

to take part in

truth can never come

the man muttered

all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the

mentioning the

I had the

Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie

it being six in the

middle of a

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

9/17

a long while and not receiving

figured that

to

he sent her a text

still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak to

hadn’t added him to her

numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

10/17

her understood that she would

that mattered to her, but when

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would change her

11/17

someone with the username

unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and

did I ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried

a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

screen in

time.

with me,

the man was smart enough to

Terence was her

he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier

a quick look at his call

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255