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. This is her retirement

fifty-seven. What is she going

that she

it, Manny. It’s what

shot him a

knew her mother well, so

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take the

present it

wanted it or not.

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as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother

blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

how red

so, so guilty

had always wanted him to have

he had found

take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man muttered

terrified all of

no way Alessandra would

out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

were many buildings there, but

the apartment number

the

thing I had the sense to get

outside City Hall. I’d

he left Mackenzie a

it being six in the evening,

of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to his

her a

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate

to video call

knew how aloof

to

him

earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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understood

text that mattered to her, but when

didn’t bother responding

call would change

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and blocked his number

ever give this

how she hung up,

phone with her and

notification: This

messages

What the hell?

in

time.

with

man was smart

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s

called him earlier

at his call history to find

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