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

What is she going

all that she has

Manny. It’s

him a

woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the

present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

had no emotions;

see how red his

felt so,

always wanted him

instead, he had found himself

to take part in a

can never come

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

way Alessandra would be able

she found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

was an upscale area

thousand per square

many buildings

that the apartment number was

the block

I had the sense to get her

I’d better ask

left Mackenzie a

it being six in the evening,

of a meeting

of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

allow her to listen

sent her a text

still no reply. The sky

ate at his

he decided to

knew how aloof Mackenzie

to speak

hadn’t added him to

earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she

text that mattered to

she didn’t

a video call would change her

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked

I ever give

how she hung up,

her phone with her and tried redialing her

he received a notification:

and messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze

time.

messing with me, is

was smart enough

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

had called him earlier

quick look at his call history to

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