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

already fifty-seven. What is she

all that she has

It’s

shot him a

young woman knew her mother well, so she

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom,

soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so,

wanted him to

but instead, he had

take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man

terrified all

way Alessandra would be able

out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area

thousand per square

many buildings there,

the apartment number

mentioning the block

the sense to get

outside City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

six in

middle of a meeting

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that

allow her to

her a text message

reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate at

he decided to

knew how aloof

to speak to

hadn’t added him to her contacts

earlier.

ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she

mattered to her, but when

she didn’t bother responding to,

video call would

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked his

I ever give this person

she hung up,

her and

received a notification: This user

and messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

not messing with

was

was her

he didn’t have

him earlier this morning, so

at his

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