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.

she going to do

all that she has

Manny. It’s what

him a

woman knew her mother well,

would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

the man had to take the money to

present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and left

wasn’t that he had no emotions; he just

see how red his

so,

wanted him

had found

take part

truth can never come to light-at

world,” the man

terrified all

no way Alessandra would be able

out that this was all a

Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in

ten thousand

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment

the block

the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie

being six in

middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

that the woman’s

her to listen to

sent her a

The sky had turned

stomach ate at

to video

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

hadn’t added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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who knew her understood that she would

mattered to her, but

she didn’t

video call would

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with

unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and

ever give this person

how she hung up, Emmanuel

her

a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for a

time.

with me, is

the man was smart enough to

Terence was her

didn’t

earlier

a quick look at his call history

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