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 do if

that

It’s what

shot him a

woman knew her

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel

asked.

had to take

it to

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come

you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and

no emotions;

how red his

felt so,

always wanted him to

instead, he had found

take part in

can never come to light-at

left this world,” the

all

way Alessandra would be able

she found out that this was all

home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

ten thousand

buildings there, but

told him that the

mentioning the block

had the sense to get

I’d better ask her

left Mackenzie

six in the evening,

the middle of

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

that

her to listen to his

sent her a

was still no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

to video

aloof Mackenzie

want to

added him to

earlier. At

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood that

to her, but when it

didn’t bother responding

a video call would

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someone with the username

with an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and

ever

she hung up, Emmanuel

with her and tried

received a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

with me, is

man was smart

Terence was her

didn’t

earlier this morning, so

a quick look at his

Candy Crush

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