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.

is she going

that

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

woman knew her

would surely fear

Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions;

to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so

always wanted him to

instead, he had

to take part in

never come to light-at

left this world,” the man

all of a

no way Alessandra would be able to

found out that this was

Emmanuel

by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per square

many buildings

him that the apartment number

the block

had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie

despite it being six in the

the middle of a meeting

Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long

figured that the woman’s

to listen to his

sent her a

The sky had

stomach ate at

he decided to video

how aloof Mackenzie was

want to

him to her

numbers earlier. At

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that she would

every text that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would change

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with

unfamiliar profile

frowned and

When did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her phone with her and tried redialing

he received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

messing with

man was smart enough

was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier

was a quick look at his call history to

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