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.

horrible son. This is her retirement

she

all that she

It’s what

him

young woman knew her mother

would surely fear

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

wife as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

had no emotions;

see how red

so,

mother had always wanted him to

had found himself a

to take part in

can never come to

the man muttered to

all of

way Alessandra would

found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per square

were many buildings there,

told him that the apartment number was

the block

had the sense to get

outside City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of

Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

figured that

to listen to his

he sent her a text

reply. The sky

stomach ate at

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie

want to speak to

him to

earlier. At

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that

text that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t

a video call would

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

ever give

hung up, Emmanuel

her and tried redialing her

received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

in

time.

messing with

man was

was

didn’t

him earlier this morning, so

at his

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