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 her

she

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him a

knew her

Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

take

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come back here

as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

no emotions;

how

so, so guilty

had always wanted him to

instead, he had found

take part

can never come to

the man muttered

terrified all

way Alessandra would

that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

the sense to get

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

it being six in

of

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and

Emmanuel figured that

didn’t allow her to listen

her a

reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at his

decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to

hadn’t added him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an

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knew her understood that

mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t bother responding to,

a video call

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with

unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked his

ever give this person my

how she hung

phone with her and tried redialing

a notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me,

man was

Terence was her

though he didn’t have

him earlier

at his call history

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