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

fifty-seven. What is she

all that

It’s what Mom

shot him a

her mother well,

that Alessandra would

Emmanuel

asked.

the man had to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back

can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

that he had no emotions;

how red his

felt so, so guilty

always wanted him to have

had

take part in

never come to light-at

the

all of a

was no way Alessandra would

out that

home, Emmanuel headed over to

by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per

were many buildings

him that the

the

I had the

City Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie a

despite it being six in the evening,

of a

the CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while

Emmanuel figured that

to listen to

so he sent her a text

no reply. The sky had

empty stomach ate at

decided to

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak to

hadn’t added him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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her understood that she

to her, but

didn’t bother responding

call

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with the username

an unfamiliar profile picture

and

I ever give

how she hung

her phone with her and

a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

man was smart enough

Terence was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call history to

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