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.

already fifty-seven. What is she going

all that she

it, Manny. It’s what

shot him a

woman knew her mother well, so

that Alessandra would

if Emmanuel

asked.

take the

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her

a blitz

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun

that he had no emotions; he just didn’t

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so guilty

mother had always wanted him to

had

take part in a mere

come to light-at least

this world,” the man muttered

terrified all

way Alessandra would be able to

she found out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale

thousand

were many buildings there,

told him that the apartment number was

mentioning the block

had the sense to get her

Hall. I’d better

Mackenzie

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

of a

CEO of Terence Group, she

messages during meetings.

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for a long

that the

didn’t allow her to

her a

no reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate

he decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was and

to

hadn’t added him to

earlier.

her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare

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her understood that she

that mattered to her, but when

she didn’t

a video call would change

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with

an unfamiliar profile

woman frowned and blocked his number

When did I ever give

how she hung up,

phone with her and tried

a notification: This

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

was smart

Terence was her

he didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so

look at his call

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