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

is she going to do

that she has

it, Manny. It’s

shot him

woman knew her mother well,

would surely

leaving 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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you really want to thank Mom, come

soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red his eyes had

so, so

always wanted

he had found himself a

to take part in

never come to light-at

the man

all

no way Alessandra would be

she found out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale

ten thousand per

buildings there,

told him that the apartment

mentioning the

thing I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie

despite it being six in

middle of

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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long while

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

her to listen

her

no reply. The sky

stomach ate

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was and

to speak to

added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood

every text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would change her

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with

an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and

I ever give this

how she hung up,

with her and

a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze

time.

with me,

the man was smart enough

was her

he didn’t

called him earlier this morning, so

quick look at his

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