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

all that she has

It’s

him

young woman knew her mother well, so she

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take

present it

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and

no emotions; he just

family to see how

so, so

mother had always wanted

but instead, he had found

to take part in a

truth can never come to light-at

the man

all of

was no way Alessandra

she found out that this was all

Emmanuel headed over

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale area in

ten thousand

were many buildings there, but

that the

the

I had the

Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a

despite it being six

the middle of a

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while

that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to listen

sent her a text message

reply. The sky

stomach ate

decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

added him to her

earlier. At

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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knew her understood

text that mattered to her, but when

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call

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with

an unfamiliar

and

ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her and tried redialing

he received a notification:

and messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

messing with me, is

was smart

was

didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning,

at his

Candy Crush

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