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

she going to do if

all that

Manny. It’s what Mom

him

her

Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the money to

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom,

you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and

he had no emotions; he just

see how red his eyes

so, so

always wanted him to have

instead, he had

take part in

can never come

left this world,” the

terrified all

no way Alessandra would be able

out that this

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area

thousand per

were many buildings

him that the apartment

the block

had the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie a voice

six

in the middle of a

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

that

to listen to

so he sent her a text message

still no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie

to

added him to

numbers earlier. At

phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood

mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t

video call would change

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar

and blocked

ever give

hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and

notification:

messages

What the hell?

in a daze

time.

not messing with

man was smart

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this

a quick look at his call history

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