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 retirement

fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that she has

Manny. It’s

him a

knew her mother

Alessandra would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take

it

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

a blitz

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how red

so, so guilty

had always wanted

but instead, he had

take part

never come

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

way Alessandra would be

out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

by

message.

upscale

ten thousand per

many buildings there,

the

the

had the sense

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in the evening,

the middle of a meeting

the CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and

that

her to

he sent her a text

no reply. The sky had

ate at his

he decided to

aloof

want to

hadn’t added him

earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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knew her understood that she

text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t bother

video call would change

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someone with the

unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked

When did I ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and

a notification: This user only

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a

time.

with me,

the man was smart

Terence was her

though he didn’t have

him earlier

look at his call

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