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

fifty-seven. What is she going

that she has

Manny. It’s what Mom

him

woman knew her mother well, so

would surely fear

if Emmanuel

asked.

to take the

it to

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

spun

wasn’t that he had no emotions;

how red

felt so,

had always wanted

he had found himself a

take part

truth can never come

the man

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would

if she found out that this was all a

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

ten thousand per square

were many buildings there,

that the apartment number

the block

had the sense to get

Hall. I’d

he left Mackenzie a

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a meeting at

of Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long while

figured that the

didn’t allow her to listen to

her

was still no reply. The sky had turned

ate

he decided to video call

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was

to speak

hadn’t added him to

earlier.

phone ring and glanced

screen impatiently.

was an

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understood that she

to

whom she didn’t bother responding

a video call would

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someone with the username

unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked

ever give

how she hung up, Emmanuel

her and

he received a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

not messing with me,

was

was her

didn’t have

called him earlier this morning,

a quick look at

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