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

she going to do if

that she has

Manny. It’s what

him

young woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the money to

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back here

soon as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he just

how

felt so,

wanted him to have

but instead, he had found himself

to take part in a

truth can never come to light-at

the

all of

way Alessandra would be

out that this

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by

message.

upscale area

thousand per square

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment

mentioning the

I had the sense to get her

I’d better

left Mackenzie

it being six in the

middle of

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that

allow her to

sent her a text message

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate at

to video call

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

hadn’t added him

earlier.

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she would

every text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t

video call would change her

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and

did I ever give this person

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her

notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

with

was

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier this morning, so

a quick look at

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