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.

horrible son. This is her retirement

already fifty-seven. What is she going

that she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother well, so she

would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money

it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

wasn’t that he had no emotions;

to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so

had always wanted him to

but instead, he had found

to take part in a

can never come

this world,” the man muttered

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would

if she found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed over

instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per square

buildings there,

the

the block

thing I had the sense to

I’d better

left Mackenzie

it being six in the evening,

of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to listen

sent her a

was still no reply. The

ate at

to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak to

him

numbers earlier.

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an

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her understood that she

mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t bother

a video call

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with the username

an unfamiliar profile

and blocked

I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel

her phone with her and

a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

messing with

man was smart enough

Terence was her

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so

at his call history to find

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