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 if

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what

him

young woman knew her

that Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

had to take the money to

and present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back here

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

he had no

how red his

so,

had always wanted him to have a

he had found himself

part in a mere

never come

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would be

found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number

the block

thing I had the

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie a voice

six in

middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

figured that

didn’t allow her to listen

so he sent her a text message

was still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate

he decided to video call

aloof

want to

hadn’t added him to

earlier. At

phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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understood

every text that mattered to

she didn’t

a video call would

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with

unfamiliar profile

and blocked his

When did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her

a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in a

time.

not messing with me,

man was smart

Terence was

though he didn’t have

had called him earlier this morning, so

at his call

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