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.

I’m such a horrible son. This is her retirement fund!

fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother

Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come

wife as soon as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions; he

to see how red

so, so guilty

always wanted

he had found himself a

part in a mere

can never come to light-at least not

this world,” the

all

Alessandra would

out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per square

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment number

mentioning the block

the sense

I’d

Mackenzie

it being six

the middle of a

of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

figured that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to

so he sent her a text

still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at

to video

knew how aloof

want to speak to

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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understood that she

text that mattered to her,

she didn’t bother

call would

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and

When did I ever give this person my

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried

notification: This user

messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me, is

was smart

Terence was

though he didn’t have

latter had called him earlier this morning, so

a quick look at his call history

Candy Crush

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