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.

horrible son. This

she going to

all that

It’s

shot him

young woman knew her

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the money to

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank

soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes

felt so, so

had always wanted him

he had

to take part in a

can never come

the man

all

way Alessandra would

out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand

buildings

that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

left Mackenzie a

despite it being six in

middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

figured that the woman’s

allow her to listen to his

he sent her a

no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate

decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to

hadn’t added him to

earlier. At

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an

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knew her understood that she

that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t bother responding to,

call would

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someone with

unfamiliar

woman frowned and

did I ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel

her

a notification: This user

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a

time.

with me, is

man was smart

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call history

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