Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 6

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

What is she going to

that she has

It’s what Mom

him

woman knew her

that Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

had to take the money to ease

present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank

as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red

felt so, so

wanted him to have a

but instead, he had found himself a

to take part

can never come to light-at least

left this world,” the man muttered

terrified all of a

was no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this was all

Emmanuel headed

instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area

ten thousand

many buildings there, but

that the apartment number

the block

I had the sense to get

City Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie a

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a meeting

Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to listen

sent her a text message

still no reply. The

empty stomach ate at

to video

how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak

added him to her

earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that

text that mattered to

whom she didn’t bother responding

call would change

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and tried redialing

he received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for a

time.

messing with

man was smart

Terence was her

didn’t

him earlier this morning, so all

a quick look at his call history

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