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

fifty-seven. What is she going to do

all that she has

It’s what

shot him

knew her mother well, so she

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the

and present it

wanted it or not.

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to thank

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around

that he had no emotions; he just

family to see how red

felt so,

wanted him to have a

but instead, he had found himself a

part

can never come to light-at least

this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all

was no way Alessandra would be able to

out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel

by Mackenzie

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham

thousand per

buildings

that the apartment number

mentioning the block

I had the sense

Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie

despite it being six

middle of

Terence

messages during meetings.

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for a long

Emmanuel figured that the woman’s

to listen to

he sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at his

decided to

how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak

hadn’t added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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who knew her understood that she

mattered to her,

whom she didn’t bother responding

a video call

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with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person

how she hung up, Emmanuel

her and tried

a notification:

and messages

What the hell?

at the screen in

time.

messing with me,

the man was smart enough

was

didn’t have Terence’s number

him earlier this morning, so all

a quick look at

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