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. This is

she going

that she

Manny. It’s what Mom

him

woman knew her

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the money

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back here

can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun

no emotions; he

how red his eyes had

so,

had always wanted him

he had

take part in a

come to light-at least not

the man

terrified all

Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

an upscale area

thousand per square

many buildings

him that the apartment

the block

thing I had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a

six in the

the middle of a

Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to

her

no reply. The sky

ate at his

to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to speak

hadn’t added him to her

earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood

every text that mattered to her, but when it came

whom she didn’t

a video call would change her

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with

unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked

ever give this

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her and tried redialing

he received a notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

in a daze

time.

not messing with

the man was

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this

at his call history

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