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.

such a horrible son. This is her retirement

is she going to

all that she

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

woman knew her mother

Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom,

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

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

wasn’t that he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red his eyes had

so, so

mother had always wanted him to have a

he had

take part in a

come to light-at least

world,” the man

all

no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area

ten thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

the block

thing I had the sense to get

I’d

he left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

the middle of

the CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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long while

that

her to

her a text message

was still no reply. The

empty stomach ate at his

to

knew how aloof Mackenzie

to speak

hadn’t added him

numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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understood

that mattered to her, but when it

didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile

and blocked his

When did I ever

hung up,

with her

notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

not messing with

was smart

Terence was her

didn’t

called him earlier this morning, so

was a quick look at

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