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.

son. This is her

already fifty-seven. What is she

that she has

Manny. It’s

him

young woman knew her mother

Alessandra would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money to ease

it to

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come

soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts.

a blitz

“I understand.”

spun around

that he had no emotions; he

how red his

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to

but instead, he had

take part in a mere

can never come to

world,” the man muttered

all of a

Alessandra would be able to

out that this

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by

message.

place was an upscale

ten thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment number was

mentioning the block

had the sense to get

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie

it being six in the

the middle of a meeting

CEO of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while

that the woman’s

her to

he sent her

reply. The

stomach ate

he decided to

knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

to

him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that

to her, but when it

didn’t bother responding to,

call

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with

unfamiliar profile picture

and blocked

ever give

how she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried redialing her

notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in a

time.

messing with me,

man was

was

didn’t have Terence’s

called him earlier this morning, so

a quick look at his

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