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 to do

that

Manny. It’s what Mom

him a

young woman knew her mother well,

would

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

had to take the money to ease

it

wanted it or not.

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thank

soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun around and left

no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes

so, so guilty

always wanted him to have a

had

to take part in a mere

come

world,” the man muttered

terrified all of

no way Alessandra would be able

that this was all

leaving home, Emmanuel

instructed by

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per

were many buildings

that the

the block

I had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie a voice

six in the evening,

the middle of a

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the

allow her to listen to his

her a text message

no reply. The

ate

decided to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to

him to

numbers earlier.

phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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who knew her understood that she would

mattered to her,

whom she didn’t

video call would change her

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar

and blocked

When did I ever give

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her

received a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

in

time.

with me,

man was smart enough to

Terence was

he didn’t

earlier this

quick look at his call history to

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