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

all that she has

Manny. It’s

him

woman knew her

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money

present it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back here

soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and left

had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how red his

so, so

wanted

he had

take part

truth can never come

world,” the

all

was no way Alessandra would be able

found out that this

Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area

thousand per

buildings there, but

the apartment

the

the

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six

middle of

CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

allow her to listen

her a text message

still no reply. The sky

ate at his

decided to

knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to

him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

to

didn’t bother

a video call would

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with the username

unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his number

When did I ever

hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

he received a notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

with me, is

man was smart enough

was her

though he didn’t

him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call history to find

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