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. This is her retirement

she going to

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

young woman knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the money

and present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and

that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes

felt so, so guilty

always wanted him

he had found himself a

take part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

this world,” the man muttered

all of a

was no way Alessandra would be able

she found out that this was all a

Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in

thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the

the block

thing I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d better ask

Mackenzie

despite it being six in

of a

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long

that the

didn’t allow her to listen to his

so he sent her

no reply. The

ate at his

he decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

want to

him to her

earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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knew her understood

every text that mattered to

didn’t

video call would

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someone with

unfamiliar

frowned and blocked his

ever give

how she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried

notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

in a daze for

time.

with me,

was

was

he didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning, so

at his

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