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.

already fifty-seven. What is she going

that

It’s what

shot him

woman knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

man had to take the

and present it

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how

felt so, so guilty

wanted him

had found himself a

to take part

can never come

the man muttered

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this

Emmanuel headed over to

by

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per

many buildings

told him that the

mentioning the block

had the sense

I’d

left Mackenzie

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of a meeting at

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while

Emmanuel figured that the

her to

her a text message

no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

decided to video call

knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to

added him to her

earlier.

phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood

every text that mattered to her,

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

call

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with

unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked

ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel

her and tried redialing

a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

with me,

was

was

he didn’t have

earlier this morning, so

at his call

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