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

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do if

all that she has

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him

young woman knew her mother well,

Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the money to

it

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes had

felt so,

mother had always wanted him to have

instead, he had found himself a

take part in a mere

truth can never come to

the man muttered

all of

no way Alessandra

found out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per square

buildings

him that the apartment number

the block

thing I had the sense

I’d

left Mackenzie a

being six in the

in the middle of

Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

that the

her to listen to his

he sent her a

was still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate

he decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie

want to speak to

hadn’t added him

numbers earlier. At present,

phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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her understood that

mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t

a video call would change

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked his

did I ever give this

she hung up,

with her and

notification:

and messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in

time.

messing with me, is

was

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning, so all

was a quick look at his call history

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