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 is

is she going to do if

that

It’s what

shot him a

young woman knew her

would surely

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

the man had to take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

that he had no emotions; he just

how red

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to

but instead, he had found

to take part

come to

world,” the

terrified all of a

no way Alessandra would be

that

home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the apartment number

the block

I had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

left Mackenzie a

six in

in the middle of a meeting

the CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long

that the

allow her to listen to

sent her a text message

reply. The sky had

stomach ate at

to

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to

hadn’t added him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that she would

mattered to her,

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change her

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with the

unfamiliar profile

and blocked his number

When did I ever give this person

hung

her phone with her and tried redialing her

a notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a

time.

not messing with me, is

was smart

Terence was

didn’t have

called him earlier

look at his

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