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.

a horrible son. This is her retirement

What is she

all that

Manny. It’s what

shot him a

her mother well, so she

that Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease

and present it to

wanted it or not.

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to thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

that he had no emotions;

family to see how red his

so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him to have a

he had found himself

to take part

truth can never come to

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would be able to

that this was all

home, Emmanuel

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in

ten thousand

many buildings there, but

told him that the apartment

mentioning the

I had the sense

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a

being six

the middle of

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while

figured that the

to listen to

he sent her a text message

was still no reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at his

he decided to

how aloof Mackenzie

want to

hadn’t added him

earlier. At

ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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knew her understood

that mattered to her, but when it came

didn’t bother responding

video call would

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked his

did I ever

hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and

he received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for

time.

with me,

the man was

was

didn’t have Terence’s number

earlier this

a quick look at his call history to find

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