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

that she has

It’s what Mom

him a

her mother well, so she

Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the money

it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and

no emotions; he just didn’t

how red his eyes

so, so guilty

had always wanted him to have a

had

to take part in

truth can never come to light-at least

this world,” the man muttered

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be

found out that

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number

mentioning the

I had the sense to get

Hall. I’d

Mackenzie

despite it being six in the

of a

the CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

that the

her to

he sent her a text message

still no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at his

decided to video

aloof Mackenzie was

want to speak

him

earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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her understood that she

to

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would change her

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked

I ever give this

hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and

notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a

time.

with me, is

was

Terence was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this morning, so all

at his call history to

Candy Crush

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