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.

What is she

all that

It’s what Mom

him

young woman knew her mother well, so

Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom,

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

that he had no

how red

so, so guilty

always wanted him to have

had found himself

part

can never come

the

terrified all of a

Alessandra would be

if she found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand

many buildings there,

him that the apartment number was

the

thing I had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie a voice

six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

figured that the

her to listen to his

sent her

reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate

decided to video

aloof Mackenzie

want to

him to her contacts

earlier. At present,

ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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her understood that she

text that mattered to

she didn’t bother

video call

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someone with the

unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

did I ever give this person

hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried

he received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in

time.

with me, is

the man was smart enough to

was her

he didn’t

called him earlier this morning,

look at his call history to find

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