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.

a horrible son. This is

is she going to do

all that

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

woman knew her

that Alessandra would

Emmanuel

asked.

take the money to

it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

that he had no

see how red his

so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him

but instead, he had found himself a

to take part

truth can never come to

the man muttered to

all of

Alessandra would be

found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by

message.

an upscale

ten thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

the

I’d

Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

of a meeting

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

figured that

allow her to listen to his

sent her a text

no reply. The

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak

him

numbers earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that

to her, but when it

she didn’t bother

a video call would change

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile

frowned and

ever

hung

phone with her and tried

a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze for a

time.

with

man was

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning,

at

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