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

she going

that she has

it, Manny. It’s what

him a

young woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

man had to take the

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

no

to see how

so, so

mother had always wanted him to have a

instead, he had found

take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

Alessandra would be

she found out that this was all

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

by

message.

was an upscale

ten thousand

were many buildings there, but

him that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

the

I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

in the middle of

the CEO of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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a long while

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

her to listen

sent her a text

The sky had

stomach ate

to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to speak

added him

numbers earlier. At present,

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t

call

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with the

unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked his

ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

received a notification: This user

messages

What the hell?

screen in a

time.

messing with

man was smart enough to

Terence was her

didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning,

was a quick look at his call history to find

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