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

is she

that she

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

woman knew her

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the money

and present it

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

wife as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

he had no emotions; he just

how red

so,

wanted him to have a

had found himself a

take part

never come to light-at least not

world,” the man muttered to

all of

was no way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale area in

thousand per

many buildings there, but

told him that the apartment

the

I had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie

being six in

the middle of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long

figured that the

her to listen to his

so he sent her a text message

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate at

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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her understood that she

to her,

whom she didn’t bother responding

a video call would

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someone with

an unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

When did I ever give

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried redialing

notification:

messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze

time.

not messing with me, is

the man was smart enough to

was her

he didn’t have

latter had called him earlier this morning, so all

at his call history to find

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