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.

horrible son.

What is she going to do

that

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

young woman knew her

Alessandra would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the money to ease

it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back here

you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun

he had no emotions; he just

see how red his eyes

so, so guilty

always wanted him to have a

had found

take part in a

come to

the man

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would be

if she found out that

home, Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand

were many buildings

that the apartment number

the block

I had the sense

I’d better

he left Mackenzie a

it being six in

the middle of

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

Emmanuel figured that

to listen to his

her a

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate at his

decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

added him to

earlier. At

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood that she would

to her, but when it came

whom she didn’t bother

a video call would

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with the

unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his

I ever

how she hung

phone with her and tried redialing

notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for

time.

not messing with me,

man was smart

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this morning, so all

was a quick look at

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