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

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that

It’s what

shot him

her

that Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

man had to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom,

wife as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

wasn’t that he had no emotions;

to see how red his

so, so

mother had always wanted him to have

he had

take part in

never come

world,” the

all of a

was no way Alessandra would

she found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

by

message.

was an upscale

thousand per square

were many buildings there,

that the apartment

the block

thing I had the sense to get

City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie a

six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

to listen to

sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky had

stomach ate at his

decided to

how aloof Mackenzie

want to

added him

exchanged numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that she would

mattered to her, but when

whom she didn’t

video call would

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked

I ever give this person my

hung

with her and tried redialing her

a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

in a

time.

with me, is

the man was smart enough to

was

he didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier this

was a quick look at his call history to

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