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

all that

It’s

him a

knew her mother

that Alessandra would surely fear

if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the money to

it

wanted it or not.

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to thank

wife as soon as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he

family to see how red

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to have

instead, he had found himself

take part

can never come to light-at least not

the man muttered

terrified all of a

was no way Alessandra would

she found out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

were many buildings there, but

that the apartment number

the

thing I had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie a

being six in the

in the middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen to

sent her a text

The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at his

decided to video call

how aloof

to speak

added him to her

numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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knew her understood that she would

to her, but

she didn’t

call would change her

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with the

with an unfamiliar

frowned and

ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel

her and tried redialing her

notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

with me, is

was

was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

him earlier this morning, so all

a quick look at

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