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

she going to do

all that she

It’s what Mom

him a

young woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

take the money

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so

always wanted him to

instead, he had found himself

to take part

never come to light-at least not

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

Alessandra would be

she found out that this was all

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale area

thousand

were many buildings there,

told him that the apartment number

mentioning the block

I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie

being six in the evening,

of

of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

that the woman’s

allow her to listen to

her a text message

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate at

decided to

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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her understood that she would

text that mattered to her, but when

she didn’t

a video call would

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someone with the

unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

ever give this person

hung up,

phone with her and

received a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

not messing with me, is

was smart enough

was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier this morning,

look at his call history to find

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