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.

son. This is

she going to do

that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him

her

that Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

and present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun

no emotions; he

see how red his

so,

had always wanted him

instead, he had found himself a

take part

never come to

left this world,” the man

all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

she found out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area

ten thousand per

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

the block

had the sense

I’d better

left Mackenzie a

despite it being six in the evening,

the middle of

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

to

sent her a

was still no reply. The sky had turned

ate

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

to

him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood that she

mattered to her, but when it

didn’t

a video call would

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someone with

unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his number

When did I ever give this person

hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and tried redialing

notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for

time.

with

was smart

was

didn’t

called him earlier this morning, so all

a quick look at his call

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