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

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do if

that she has

It’s what Mom

shot him a

knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take the

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come back here

wife as soon as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around

that he had no emotions; he

to see how

felt so,

wanted him to have a

instead, he had found himself a

part in a mere

can never come to

world,” the

terrified all

no way Alessandra would

if she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area

ten thousand

buildings there, but

told him that the apartment number

mentioning the

the

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie

being six

middle of a meeting at

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long

figured that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to listen

her a text

The sky

stomach ate at

he decided to

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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who knew her understood that

to her, but when it

she didn’t bother

call would

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someone with

unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

I ever give this

hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her and tried redialing her

notification:

messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in

time.

not messing with me, is

the man was smart enough to

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

latter had called him earlier this

quick look at his call history to find

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