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.

is she going to do

that

it, Manny. It’s

him a

woman knew her mother

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

it

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so

wanted him to have

but instead, he had found

take part in a

come

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be

that this was all a

Emmanuel

by

message.

was an upscale area

thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the apartment number

the

the sense to get her

I’d better ask

Mackenzie a voice

being six in

middle of a meeting

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and

Emmanuel figured that

didn’t allow her to listen to

her a text message

no reply. The sky

ate at

he decided to

how aloof

want to speak

him to her contacts

earlier.

ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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who knew her understood that

that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother

a video call would

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked

I ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried redialing

received a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

with me,

was smart enough

was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier

quick look at his call

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