Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 6

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

all that

It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother well,

Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the

and present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

no emotions;

how

so,

wanted him to have a

he had found himself

part in a

come

the man muttered

terrified all of a

no way Alessandra would

if she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale

ten thousand per

many buildings

him that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense to get

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six

middle of a

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

9/17

for a long

figured that

didn’t allow her to

so he sent her a text

was still no reply. The

stomach ate at

to video

aloof Mackenzie

want to speak to

added him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

10/17

knew her understood

every text that mattered to her,

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would

11/17

someone with

unfamiliar

frowned and blocked

did I ever give this person my

hung up,

with her and tried

notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

with

the man was smart enough

Terence was

though he didn’t

him earlier this

look at his call history

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