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

fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that

It’s what

him

woman knew her mother

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

man had to take the money to ease

it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom,

you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he

see how red

so,

wanted him to

he had found himself

to take part in

can never come to light-at

world,” the man

terrified all of

no way Alessandra would be

she found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale

ten thousand per square

many buildings there, but

told him that the apartment

mentioning the block

had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening,

middle of a meeting at

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while and not receiving

figured that

her to listen

so he sent her a text message

reply. The sky

stomach ate

decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to

him

exchanged numbers earlier.

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood

every text that mattered to her, but

she didn’t

a video call would

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with the

an unfamiliar

frowned and

I ever give this person my

how she hung up,

with her

a notification:

messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze for

time.

with

the man was smart enough

Terence was her

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier

was a quick look at his call history to

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