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!

is she going to

that

Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him

young woman knew her mother well, so

Alessandra would surely fear

if Emmanuel

asked.

man had to take the money to

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back here

as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

that he had no emotions;

family to see how red

so, so

had always wanted him to have a

he had

take part in

truth can never come to light-at least not

the man muttered to

terrified all of

no way Alessandra would be able to

that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

buildings there, but Mackenzie

told him that the apartment

mentioning the block

had the sense to get her

I’d better ask her

Mackenzie

being six in the

of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

figured that the

allow her to listen to his

sent her a

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate at

to video

aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak to

added him

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

ring

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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her understood that she

mattered to

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would

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with the username

unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and

I ever give this

hung

with her and

he received a notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

in a daze

time.

not messing with

the man was

Terence was

he didn’t

had called him earlier

look at his

Candy Crush

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