Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 6

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 retirement

What is she going

all that she has

It’s what

him a

her mother well, so she

Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take the money

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how red his

so, so guilty

always wanted him

instead, he had found himself a

to take part

truth can never come

the

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would

found out that

Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

many buildings

him that the apartment number

mentioning the

I had the sense to

I’d better ask

Mackenzie

it being six in

middle of

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to

her a text

still no reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to video

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood that she

text that mattered to her, but when

she didn’t

call would

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile

and blocked his

ever

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried redialing her

he received a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

screen in a

time.

messing with me,

the man was smart enough to

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier this

was a quick look at his call history to find

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