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.

such a horrible son. This is her

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do

that she

Manny. It’s

shot him

knew her mother

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the money to ease

and present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

a blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around

no emotions;

how

so, so

had always wanted him to

instead, he had found himself a

take part in

never come to light-at least not

the man muttered

all of

no way Alessandra would be

she found out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed over

by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per

many buildings there, but

the apartment number was

the block

the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

it being six in the

the middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the

allow her to

sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky

ate at his

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie

to speak

added him to her

numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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who knew her understood

that mattered to her,

didn’t

call would change her

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with the

unfamiliar profile

and blocked

ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her

he received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in

time.

messing with me,

the man was

Terence was

he didn’t have

called him earlier this morning, so

look at his call history

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