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.

What is she going

that she

It’s what

him a

woman knew her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take the money to ease

present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank

you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts.

a blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how

felt so,

had always wanted him to have a

but instead, he had found himself

part in

truth can never come

this world,” the man

terrified all of a

Alessandra would be able to

out that this was all a

Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

place was an upscale area

ten thousand

many buildings

that the

mentioning the block

the sense

Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie

being six in the

the middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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for a long while

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

allow her to

her a text message

no reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at

he decided to video

knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to

him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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understood that she would

to her, but when

didn’t bother responding

video call

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someone with the username

an unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked his

ever give this person my

hung up,

phone with her and tried redialing her

he received a notification: This

and messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

with me,

the man was

Terence was her

though he didn’t have

had called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his

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