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.

horrible son.

she

all that she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him

her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom,

can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun

that he had no emotions; he just

how red his eyes had

so, so

mother had always wanted him

had

to take part in a

can never come to

this world,” the man muttered

terrified all

no way Alessandra

found out that

home, Emmanuel

instructed by

message.

upscale area in

thousand

were many buildings

that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

I had the sense to get

I’d better

left Mackenzie a voice

being six in the

of a meeting

of Terence

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that the

to listen to his

sent her a

no reply. The sky had

stomach ate

he decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie was

to

hadn’t added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At

her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

text that mattered to

she didn’t

video call would change her

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile picture call

and blocked

did I ever give this

how she hung up,

her phone with her and tried

received a notification: This user only

and messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze

time.

not messing with

the man was smart enough

was her

he didn’t have Terence’s

latter had called him earlier this

quick look at his call

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