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.

a horrible son. This

she going to do if

that

It’s what Mom

him a

young woman knew her mother well, so she

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

the man had to take the money to

it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

had no emotions; he just

how

so,

mother had always wanted

had

part

never come to light-at least not

the man muttered to

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would

found out that this

Emmanuel

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale

thousand per

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a meeting

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

that

to listen to his

sent her a

reply. The sky

ate at

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak to

added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t bother

video call

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked his

did I ever give this person

how she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her

received a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

was

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier

at his

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