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

she going to do

all that she

Manny. It’s what

shot him a

knew her mother well,

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the

present it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom,

can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

a blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions; he

to see how red his eyes

felt so, so guilty

always wanted

but instead, he had found himself a

to take part in

never come to light-at least

the man muttered

terrified all

Alessandra would be

she found out that this was all

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area

ten thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the

the

the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie

it being six in

of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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long while

that the

to listen to

so he sent her a text message

was still no reply. The sky had

empty stomach ate at

decided to video

aloof

to speak to

him to her

earlier.

phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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her understood that

text that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother responding

call

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someone with the

unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked his number

did I ever

hung up,

phone with her

he received a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

not messing with me, is

the man was smart

Terence was

he didn’t have

latter had called him earlier this morning, so

look at his call

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