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 her retirement

she

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him a

knew her mother well,

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

no emotions;

see how red

felt so, so guilty

wanted

but instead, he had found himself

to take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man

all of

way Alessandra would be

she found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed

by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

buildings

the

mentioning the block

the sense

City Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen

her a

The sky had

ate at

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

added him to her contacts

earlier.

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood that she would

that mattered to

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would change her

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

did I ever give this

she hung

her and tried redialing her

he received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

messing with

man was smart

Terence was

he didn’t have

him earlier this morning, so all

at

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