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 her

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that

Manny. It’s what

shot him

young woman knew her

Alessandra would surely fear

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

to take the money

present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom,

soon as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and

no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red

felt so,

mother had always wanted him to have

he had

part in a

never come to light-at

left this world,” the man

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be

found out that

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area

thousand

were many buildings there,

that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

I had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie

being six

the middle of a

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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long while

that the woman’s

her to listen

her a text message

no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at

he decided to

how aloof Mackenzie was and

to

him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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who knew her understood

every text that mattered to

whom she didn’t

video call

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someone with the username

an unfamiliar profile

and

I ever give this person my

hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and tried redialing

a notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me,

the man was

was

though he didn’t

earlier this morning, so

at his call history

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