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. This is her retirement

fifty-seven. What is she going

that she

It’s

him a

woman knew her

that Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around

had no emotions; he just didn’t

see how red his

felt so, so

had always wanted

he had found himself a

part in a mere

come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man

all

was no way Alessandra would

found out that this was

Emmanuel

instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand

buildings there,

the apartment number

the block

thing I had the sense to get her

I’d better ask her

Mackenzie a voice

it being six

middle of

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long

figured that

allow her to

sent her a

The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate

to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to

added him

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that she would

to her, but

whom she didn’t bother responding

a video call

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with the username

an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked his

did I ever

she hung up,

her phone with her and tried

notification:

messages

What the hell?

screen in a

time.

not messing with me, is

man was

was

didn’t have Terence’s number

called him earlier this morning,

look at his

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