Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 6

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.

such a horrible son. This is her

What is she

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what

him

knew her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would

Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

man had to take the money to

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

wife as soon as you can so we can take

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around

no emotions; he

family to see how red his

so,

always wanted him to have

instead, he had found himself a

part in

come to light-at least

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

no way Alessandra would be able

if she found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area

ten thousand per square

buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number was

the block

I had the

Hall. I’d better ask her

he left Mackenzie a

it being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a meeting

Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that

her to listen to

sent her a text

reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate at

to

man knew how aloof

want to

him to her

exchanged numbers earlier.

ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

an

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knew her understood

every text that mattered to her, but when

whom she didn’t bother

call

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked his number

I ever

how she hung up,

her and tried redialing

notification:

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for

time.

not messing with me,

the man was smart enough to

Terence was her

though he didn’t have

him earlier this morning,

quick look at his call history to find

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