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 do

that she

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

her mother

would

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the money to ease

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

soon as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how red his

so,

mother had always wanted him to

he had

take part in

can never come to light-at least

world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was

Emmanuel

by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the

the block

I had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d

he left Mackenzie

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

in the middle of a meeting

of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

figured that

didn’t allow her to listen to his

sent her

reply. The sky had

stomach ate

to video

aloof Mackenzie

want to speak

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

that mattered to her, but

she didn’t

a video call would change

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar

frowned and blocked

did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her

received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

not messing with

was

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier

a quick look at

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