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.

she

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s

shot him a

knew her

would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money to

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom,

soon as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and left

wasn’t that he had no

family to see how red his eyes

so, so

always wanted him to have

he had found himself a

to take part

never come to

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale area in

ten thousand

many buildings there,

the

the block

I had the sense to

I’d

Mackenzie a

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

the middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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long while and

that

to

sent her

The

stomach ate at

he decided to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to speak

added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that

that mattered to her,

she didn’t bother

video call

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with the

unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked

When did I ever give this person

how she hung

her phone with her

received a notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for a

time.

messing with me, is

the man was

Terence was her

didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier this morning, so

quick look at his

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