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.

a horrible son. This

is she going to do if

all that she

It’s what Mom

shot him

knew her mother well,

would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the money

it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

wife as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

no

see how

so,

wanted him

instead, he had found himself

part in a

truth can never come to

left this world,” the

terrified all of a

no way Alessandra would be

she found out that this

Emmanuel headed over

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in

thousand

many buildings

that the apartment number

the block

thing I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

being six in

in the middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while

that

her to listen

he sent her a

reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at his

to video

aloof Mackenzie was and

to speak

him to her contacts

earlier. At present,

phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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her understood

that mattered to her, but

she didn’t bother responding

video call

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someone with

with an unfamiliar

and blocked his

I ever

she hung

her and tried redialing

a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for a

time.

with me,

man was smart enough

Terence was her

didn’t

had called him earlier

a quick look at his call history

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