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

fifty-seven. What is she going

that

it, Manny. It’s

him

knew her mother well, so

would

if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the money

and present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank

as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he just

to see how red

felt so, so

always wanted

had

part in a

can never come to light-at least

the man muttered to

all

Alessandra

she found out that this was all a

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

were many buildings there,

him that the apartment number was

mentioning the

I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie a voice

it being six in

middle of a

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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a long while

figured that the woman’s

her to

so he sent her a text

no reply. The sky had

empty stomach ate at his

decided to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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understood

to her, but when it

didn’t bother responding

a video call would

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with the

unfamiliar profile

and

ever

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and

received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

not messing with me, is

man was smart enough to

was her

though he didn’t have

had called him earlier

at his call history to find

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