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.

son. This is her retirement

fifty-seven. What is she

that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him

woman knew her mother well, so she

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the

it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come

can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts.

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

he had no emotions;

to see how red

so, so guilty

always wanted

he had

to take part in

can never come

left this world,” the man muttered

all of

was no way Alessandra would be able

if she found out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per square

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the

mentioning the block

the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie

six in the evening,

middle of a meeting at

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

that the

allow her to listen

sent her

was still no reply. The

ate

decided to video

how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak to

him to her contacts

numbers earlier. At

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood

that mattered to her,

she didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change

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with the

unfamiliar

and blocked his

When did I ever give this

how she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

messing with me,

was smart

Terence was her

didn’t

earlier this

a quick look at his

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