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.

such a horrible son. This is

What is she going to

all that she

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

knew her mother well, so

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

to take

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

a blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

had no

to see how red

so,

mother had always wanted him to have a

but instead, he had found himself

part in a mere

come to

left this world,” the man

all of a

was no way Alessandra would

found out that this

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

buildings

told him that the apartment

the

I had the sense to

City Hall. I’d better

he left Mackenzie

it being six

of a meeting at

Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen

her a

no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

he decided to

how aloof Mackenzie

want to

hadn’t added him

numbers earlier. At

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that

text that mattered to

didn’t bother

call would change

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someone with the

an unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his

When did I ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried redialing

a notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in

time.

not messing with

man was

Terence was

didn’t

called him earlier this morning, so all

quick look at his call

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