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!

What is she going to

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him

woman knew her mother well, so she

would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

to take

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come

soon as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

had her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

wasn’t that he had no emotions; he just

how red his

so, so guilty

wanted him to

instead, he had

part

can never come to light-at least

world,” the

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number

the

the sense to get her

Hall. I’d

left Mackenzie a

it being six

middle of a

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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long while and not

that the

didn’t allow her to

he sent her

was still no reply. The

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to video

aloof Mackenzie

to speak to

him to

numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood that

to her, but when

she didn’t bother

call would

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked his

ever give this person my

hung

her and tried redialing

notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

with

man was

Terence was her

didn’t have

latter had called him earlier

quick look at his call history to find

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