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 has

It’s what

him

her mother well, so she

Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take the money

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come back

as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

had no emotions; he

to see how red his eyes

so, so guilty

wanted him to

but instead, he had found himself a

part in

truth can never come to light-at least not

the man

terrified all of

Alessandra would be

found out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale

ten thousand per

many buildings there,

that the apartment number

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense to

Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie

being six in the

middle of a meeting at

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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long while

figured that

to

her a text

still no reply. The sky had

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to video

aloof Mackenzie was and

want to

him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an

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understood

that mattered to

whom she didn’t bother responding to,

call would

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

ever

she hung up,

with her and tried redialing

he received a notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

not messing with

was

was her

didn’t

latter had called him earlier this morning, so all

look at his call

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