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

that

Manny. It’s what Mom

him a

knew her

that Alessandra would surely fear

if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

take the money

present it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

no

how red his

so,

had always wanted him to have a

instead, he had

part in a mere

never come to

world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

Alessandra would be

out that this was

home, Emmanuel headed over

by

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per

were many buildings

the apartment number was

mentioning the

I had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a

it being six in

middle of a meeting

Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

figured that the

to listen to

her a text

no reply. The sky had turned

ate at his

decided to video

knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

to speak

him to

earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood

text that mattered to her, but when

whom she didn’t

video call would

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someone with the username

an unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked

When did I ever

she hung up,

her phone with her and

a notification:

messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

messing with

man was smart enough

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this morning, so all

look at his

Candy Crush

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