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 her retirement

is she going to

all that she

It’s what

shot him

her mother well, so she

Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the money

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom,

can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

how red

so, so guilty

always wanted

had

part in

can never come

world,” the man

all

way Alessandra would

she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area in

ten thousand per

many buildings there, but

that the apartment

the

I had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six

the middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

figured that

didn’t allow her to listen to his

he sent her a text

reply. The sky had

empty stomach ate

to

man knew how aloof

to

him

numbers earlier. At

phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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knew her understood that she would

every text that mattered to her,

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

call would

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with the

an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and tried redialing her

he received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me, is

was smart enough

Terence was

he didn’t have

earlier

a quick look at his call history

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