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

fifty-seven. What is she going to

all that

It’s what Mom

him a

knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

to take the money to ease

it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and

that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

how

felt so, so guilty

always wanted him to

but instead, he had

part in a

can never come

the man

terrified all

no way Alessandra would be able

out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

buildings there, but

that the apartment number was

mentioning the

had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

the middle of a meeting at

CEO of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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long while and

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen to his

her a text

still no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate

he decided to video

knew how aloof

to

hadn’t added him

numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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who knew her understood

every text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t bother

video call would change

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with

with an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked

I ever

she hung up,

with her and

received a notification: This user only

messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for a

time.

not messing with me,

was smart enough to

was

didn’t have

him earlier this

was a quick look at his call history to find

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