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.

such a horrible son. This is her retirement

she

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him

woman knew her

Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the money to

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

that he had no

family to see how red his eyes

felt so, so guilty

always wanted him

but instead, he had found himself

part in

come to light-at least not

this world,” the

terrified all of

Alessandra would be able

found out that this was all

Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale

ten thousand per

were many buildings

the apartment number

mentioning the block

the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

it being six in the

middle of a meeting at

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

that

didn’t allow her to listen to his

her a

still no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

to

knew how aloof

to

hadn’t added him to her contacts

earlier. At present,

ring and

screen impatiently.

was an

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her understood

to her, but when it

whom she didn’t

a video call would

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and

ever give this person my

hung

with her and

received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

screen in a daze for

time.

not messing with me,

man was smart enough

was

he didn’t have

him earlier

look at his

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