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.

a horrible son. This

fifty-seven. What is she going to do if

all that

it, Manny. It’s what

him

knew her mother

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

had no emotions;

see how red his

so, so

mother had always wanted him to have

instead, he had found himself a

to take part

can never come to light-at

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would

if she found out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel

by

message.

was an upscale

thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the apartment

mentioning the block

the sense to

Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie

it being six

of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

figured that

her to listen

sent her a text

still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate

decided to video call

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to speak to

added him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood that

to

whom she didn’t bother responding

video call would change her

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and

When did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and

notification: This user only

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

not messing with me,

was

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

called him earlier this morning, so all

quick look at

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