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 her

is she

that

Manny. It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother

would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom,

you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

had no

family to see how red his eyes had

so, so

mother had always wanted him

instead, he had found himself a

to take part in a mere

never come to light-at least not

world,” the man muttered to

all of a

was no way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was

Emmanuel

by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale

thousand

were many buildings

the apartment number

mentioning the block

the sense to

City Hall. I’d better ask

left Mackenzie

it being six

of

the CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

Emmanuel figured that the

to listen to his

her a text

reply. The sky had

ate at his

he decided to

how aloof Mackenzie was

want to

hadn’t added him to

earlier. At present,

her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that she would

text that mattered to her, but

didn’t

video call would change

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someone with the

unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his number

ever give this person my

how she hung

phone with her

notification:

messages

What the hell?

in a

time.

with me,

was smart

Terence was her

he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so all

was a quick look at his call

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