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!

already fifty-seven. What is she going to

all that she

Manny. It’s what

him a

young woman knew her mother

would

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how red his eyes had

so, so

had always wanted him

he had found himself

take part in a

can never come to light-at least

this world,” the man

terrified all

Alessandra would be

she found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by

message.

place was an upscale

ten thousand

buildings there, but

told him that the

mentioning the block

thing I had the sense to get

I’d better

Mackenzie

it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

the middle of a

the CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

that the woman’s

to listen to

he sent her

The sky had

empty stomach ate at

to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to speak to

added him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At

heard her phone ring and

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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her understood

text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t bother responding

call would change

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with

an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked

When did I ever give this

how she hung

with her and tried redialing her

received a notification: This user only

messages from

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

messing with me,

the man was smart enough

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so all

quick look at his call history to

Candy Crush

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