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.

son.

is she going to do if

that she has

It’s what Mom

him

young woman knew her mother well,

Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take the money

present it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank

wife as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

a blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

he had no emotions; he just

how

felt so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him to have

had found

to take part in a mere

truth can never come to light-at least

left this world,” the

all

way Alessandra would

out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel

by

message.

was an upscale area

thousand per

many buildings there,

that the apartment

the block

the sense

Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie a

it being six in the

of

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

figured that the woman’s

allow her to listen

he sent her a

The sky

ate at his

decided to video

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

hadn’t added him to

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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her understood that she

mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t bother responding

video call would

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someone with

unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

he received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

with

man was

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

called him earlier

look at his call history to

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