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

already fifty-seven. What is she going to

all that she

It’s

him

her

would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

to take the money to

present it to

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom,

as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

had no

to see how red

felt so, so

wanted

had found himself

to take part in

come

world,” the man muttered

all of a

Alessandra would be

out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

by

message.

upscale area in

thousand

buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the apartment

the

I had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

that

allow her to

sent her a

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was and

to

him to her contacts

earlier.

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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knew her understood that she would

mattered to her, but when

she didn’t

call

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with the

with an unfamiliar

and blocked his number

I ever give this

she hung up, Emmanuel

her phone with her and tried redialing

he received a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

screen in a

time.

not messing with me,

was smart enough to

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning,

at his call history to find

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