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 is her retirement

she going

all that she

it, Manny. It’s

him a

young woman knew her mother

would surely fear

Emmanuel

asked.

had to take the money to

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

had no

to see how red his eyes

so, so guilty

had always wanted him to have a

had found himself

to take part in a

truth can never come to

left this world,” the

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this was all a

home, Emmanuel headed over to

by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area

thousand per

were many buildings there,

that the apartment

mentioning the block

the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the

to

so he sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an

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understood

every text that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother responding

call

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someone with

with an unfamiliar

woman frowned and

I ever give this person my

she hung

her phone with her and

he received a notification:

messages from

What the hell?

in

time.

with

the man was smart enough to

Terence was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call

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