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

What is she

that

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

woman knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take the money to

present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

no emotions; he

family to see how red his eyes

felt so, so guilty

had always wanted him

instead, he had

to take part

come

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

Alessandra

found out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area

ten thousand per

buildings

him that the

the

thing I had the sense

City Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in

in the middle of

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long while

that the

allow her to listen to his

sent her

was still no reply. The sky had

ate at

decided to

aloof

to speak to

added him

earlier. At

her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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knew her understood that she would

every text that mattered to her, but

she didn’t bother

video call would change

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someone with

with an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked his number

When did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried redialing

received a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for a

time.

with me, is

the man was smart

was

didn’t

called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call history to find

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