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

fifty-seven. What is she going

that

it, Manny. It’s

shot him a

her

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how red his eyes

felt so,

mother had always wanted

instead, he had

to take part

come to light-at least

world,” the man muttered to

all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

out that this was all

Emmanuel

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in

ten thousand

buildings

the

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense

Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie

despite it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of

Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that

allow her to listen

sent her a

no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at his

he decided to

aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

him to her

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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knew her understood that

mattered to

didn’t bother responding

video call would change her

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with

with an unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked his

When did I ever give this

she hung up,

her phone with her and tried redialing

received a notification: This user

and messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

messing with

man was smart enough to

Terence was her

didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning,

quick look at his call

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