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.

What is she going to

all that

It’s what Mom

him a

knew her mother

Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

man had to take the money to

present it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come back

wife as soon as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so

had always wanted

had found himself

to take part in a mere

come

world,” the

all of a

no way Alessandra would be able

found out that this was all a

Emmanuel headed over

by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand

many buildings

that the apartment

the block

I had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better ask

left Mackenzie

six in

middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

figured that the woman’s

didn’t allow her to

her a text

reply. The sky had turned dark,

ate at his

decided to

aloof Mackenzie

want to

him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier.

phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

every text that mattered to her, but when

didn’t bother responding

a video call

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with

unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and

did I ever

hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried redialing her

received a notification:

and messages from

What the hell?

in

time.

with me, is

man was smart enough

was her

he didn’t

him earlier this morning,

quick look at his call history to find

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