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.

she going to do

that she has

it, Manny. It’s what

him

knew her mother well, so she

would

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions;

to see how red

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to have

had found himself

to take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

the man muttered

all

Alessandra would

if she found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by

message.

upscale area in

thousand per square

buildings

him that the apartment

the

thing I had the

City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

middle of a

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to his

sent her

still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at his

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to

him to

numbers earlier. At present,

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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her understood

text that mattered to

didn’t bother responding to,

video call

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked

I ever give this person

how she hung up, Emmanuel

her phone with her and tried redialing

notification:

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

messing with

the man was

was

though he didn’t

called him earlier this morning,

at his call

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