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 she

It’s what

him

young woman knew her mother well, so

Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

the man had to take

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank

you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun around and left

no emotions; he just didn’t

how red

so, so

mother had always wanted him to

but instead, he had found himself a

part in

come to

the man muttered

all

way Alessandra would

she found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

upscale area in

ten thousand

many buildings there, but

told him that the apartment number was

the block

had the sense to get her

City Hall. I’d better

left Mackenzie

being six

middle of a

CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

figured that the woman’s

to listen to his

sent her

was still no reply. The sky had

ate at his

he decided to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to

added him to her contacts

numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood that she

text that mattered to

whom she didn’t

video call would change her

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with

with an unfamiliar profile

and blocked his number

did I ever give this person

how she hung up,

her

he received a notification: This

messages from

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

messing with me,

man was

was her

though he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning, so all

look at his call history

Candy Crush

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