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

already fifty-seven. What is she going to

that she

It’s what Mom

shot him

knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

had to take the money to

it

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

blitz

“I understand.”

spun around and

no

see how red his eyes

felt so, so guilty

wanted

but instead, he had found himself a

to take part in a

come to light-at

the man muttered to

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would be able to

out that this was

Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per square

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

the block

thing I had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie

six in the evening,

the middle of a meeting at

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen to his

her a text message

The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate at

he decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was

to

added him

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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knew her understood that she

to her, but when it

whom she didn’t bother

call

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with the

unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked his number

ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried

a notification: This user only

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

with

was

was her

he didn’t have Terence’s number

had called him earlier this morning, so

was a quick look at his call history

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