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!

she going to do if

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what

him a

woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take the money to ease

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around

wasn’t that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how

so,

always wanted him

had found himself a

take part in

truth can never come to

the man muttered

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would be able to

if she found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per square

buildings there,

the apartment

the

the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie a

six

in the middle of

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

figured that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to

so he sent her

no reply. The sky had

ate at his

he decided to

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

hadn’t added him to

exchanged numbers earlier.

ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that she

that mattered to her, but when it came

whom she didn’t bother responding

video call would change her

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked his

I ever

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and

he received a notification: This user

and messages from

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

not messing with me,

man was smart enough

Terence was

he didn’t

earlier

quick look at his

Candy Crush

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