Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 6

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. This is her retirement

already fifty-seven. What is she going to do

that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him

her

Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

had to take the money to

it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come

can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions;

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him to have a

he had

to take part

truth can never come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man muttered to

all

way Alessandra would be able to

that this was all a

Emmanuel headed

by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per square

buildings

that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

I had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie a voice

six in the evening,

of a meeting

the CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

that

didn’t allow her to listen to

sent her a

no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at

to video

man knew how aloof

want to speak

added him to

numbers earlier. At

phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she

to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother

call would

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

frowned and

When did I ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze for

time.

with me, is

man was smart

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this morning,

look at

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