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

fifty-seven. What is she going to

that

It’s

him a

young woman knew her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

take the money

it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back here

soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

that he had no emotions;

to see how red

felt so,

mother had always wanted him to have

but instead, he had found himself

to take part in a

come to light-at least

the man muttered to

all

was no way Alessandra would be

out that this was

Emmanuel headed

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale

ten thousand per

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment

mentioning the block

had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie a

it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that the

allow her to listen to

sent her a text

The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate at

decided to video call

knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to speak to

added him to

earlier.

ring

screen impatiently.

was an

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understood

mattered to her,

didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would

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with

an unfamiliar

woman frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person my

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and tried redialing

a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

in a

time.

with me, is

man was smart enough to

was her

though he didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning,

look at his call history to

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