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

she going

all that she

It’s what

shot him

woman knew her mother well, so she

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

man had to take the money

present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank

soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around

no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him to

he had

take part in a

can never come to light-at least

left this world,” the man muttered

all of

Alessandra

that this was

home, Emmanuel

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale

ten thousand

were many buildings there, but

told him that the apartment number

mentioning the block

the

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of a meeting

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that

to listen to his

her a

The sky had turned

ate at his

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

him to her contacts

earlier.

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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knew her understood that she

to her, but when it came

whom she didn’t bother

a video call would change

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someone with

with an unfamiliar

and blocked

ever

hung

her phone with her and tried redialing her

notification: This user

and messages from

What the hell?

in a

time.

not messing with me, is

man was smart

Terence was her

though he didn’t have

had called him earlier this morning,

look at his

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