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!

already fifty-seven. What is she going to

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

him

knew her mother well,

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

had to take the

present it

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom,

as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

no

how red his eyes

felt so,

had always wanted him

had found himself a

to take part in a mere

can never come

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would

out that this was

Emmanuel headed over

as instructed by

message.

was an upscale area in

thousand per

were many buildings there, but

him that the

mentioning the block

I had the

City Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie a

six in

in the middle of a

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

figured that

to listen to his

her a text

no reply. The sky

ate at

decided to video

knew how aloof

to speak

hadn’t added him to her contacts

earlier. At present,

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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her understood that she would

to her, but

didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change her

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with

an unfamiliar

and blocked his number

did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

with her and tried

notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

messing with

the man was

Terence was her

though he didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this

look at his

Candy Crush

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