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. This is her retirement

What is she

all that

it, Manny. It’s

him a

woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would

if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

the man had to take the

it

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come

can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around and

wasn’t that he had no emotions;

how red his eyes had

felt so, so

wanted him

he had found

to take part in a

come to light-at least not

world,” the man

all

was no way Alessandra

that this

Emmanuel

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand

were many buildings

him that the

the

had the

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her

Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening, Mackenzie

middle of a

the CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not

figured that

to listen to his

he sent her

was still no reply. The sky had turned dark,

empty stomach ate at

decided to

how aloof

want to speak

added him to her

numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

was an extremely

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her understood

text that mattered to

she didn’t bother responding

a video call would change

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someone with the username

an unfamiliar profile

and

I ever give this

she hung

her and tried

he received a notification: This

and messages from

What the hell?

screen in a daze

time.

with me, is

was smart enough to

was her

didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning, so all

was a quick look at his call history

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