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

that she

it, Manny. It’s

shot him

young woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely fear

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

man had to take the money to ease

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom,

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around

no emotions;

to see how

felt so,

had always wanted him to have

but instead, he had

take part in a mere

can never come to

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

was no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that

Emmanuel headed

by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per

were many buildings there,

the

mentioning the block

the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a

being six in

middle of a meeting

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long

figured that the woman’s

to

sent her

was still no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood

every text that mattered to her,

whom she didn’t

call would change

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someone with the username

an unfamiliar

frowned and

did I ever give

how she hung

phone with her

he received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

was smart enough

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this

at his call history to

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