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.

son. This is

What is she going to

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him a

knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

wife as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun

that he had no emotions; he just

how red his

felt so, so guilty

mother had always wanted

but instead, he had

part in

can never come to light-at

this world,” the

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

found out that this was all

Emmanuel

by

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

buildings

him that the apartment

the

had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie a voice

it being six in the

the middle of a meeting at

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while

figured that the

her to listen to

her a text message

still no reply. The sky

stomach ate

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to

him to

earlier. At

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood

that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother

video call would

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with

with an unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

did I ever

hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her and

received a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a

time.

messing with me, is

was smart enough

was

he didn’t have Terence’s number

latter had called him earlier this morning, so

at his call history to find

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