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 she going to

that

It’s what Mom

shot him a

her mother

Alessandra would

if Emmanuel

asked.

had to take the money to ease

it to

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come back

soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

had no emotions; he just didn’t

how red his

so, so

wanted him to

instead, he had

part

truth can never come to light-at least not

this world,” the

all

Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale

ten thousand

buildings there,

that the apartment number

the

I had the sense

Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of a

of Terence

messages during meetings.

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long

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

to listen to his

he sent her a

still no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

decided to

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak to

him to her

numbers earlier.

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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who knew her understood that she

text that mattered to her,

she didn’t bother responding

a video call

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with the

unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked his

ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel

her and

he received a notification: This user

messages

What the hell?

in a daze

time.

with me, is

was smart

was her

he didn’t

him earlier this morning,

look at his call history to find

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