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 her retirement

she going to

that she has

It’s what Mom

him a

woman knew her mother

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the money

present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

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

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around

wasn’t that he had no emotions;

how red his eyes had

felt so,

had always wanted him

had

to take part

never come to light-at

left this world,” the

all of

way Alessandra would be

she found out that this was

home, Emmanuel

as instructed by

message.

was an upscale

ten thousand

buildings

told him that the

mentioning the

thing I had the sense to

Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

in the middle of a meeting

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and

figured that the woman’s

allow her to

he sent her

was still no reply. The sky

ate at his

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to

him to her

numbers earlier. At

phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that

text that mattered to her,

didn’t bother responding to,

video call

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with

unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked his number

ever

how she hung

her phone with her and

he received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for

time.

with

the man was smart enough

was

he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so

look at

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