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 if

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s

shot him

knew her mother well, so she

Alessandra would surely fear

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

to take the

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom,

wife as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around

no emotions; he just

see how red his

so,

mother had always wanted him to

had found himself

to take part in

come

world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would be

she found out that this

home, Emmanuel headed over

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

buildings there, but

told him that the apartment

the block

the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d

he left Mackenzie a

being six

the middle of a meeting

Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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long while and not receiving

that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to

he sent her

still no reply. The

ate at

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak

hadn’t added him to her contacts

numbers earlier. At present,

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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knew her understood that

every text that mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t bother

a video call would change

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with

unfamiliar profile

frowned and

When did I ever give this person my

hung up,

phone with her

notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

screen in

time.

with me, is

man was

Terence was

he didn’t have Terence’s number

had called him earlier this

a quick look at his call

Candy Crush

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