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. This

is she going to

all that she has

Manny. It’s what

him a

young woman knew her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would

Emmanuel

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her

blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

no emotions;

how red his

so,

had always wanted him to have a

instead, he had

to take part in a

come

this world,” the man muttered to

all

way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment number was

mentioning the

the sense to

Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie a voice

being six in the

in the middle of a meeting

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to listen to

so he sent her a

was still no reply. The

empty stomach ate at his

to video call

aloof Mackenzie

want to

him to

earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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knew her understood that she would

text that mattered to her, but when

whom she didn’t

call would

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with

with an unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked

When did I ever give

how she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

he received a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze

time.

messing with me,

the man was

Terence was her

didn’t have

had called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call

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