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

fifty-seven. What is she going

all that she

It’s what Mom

shot him

woman knew her mother well, so she

would surely

Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank

as you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

had no emotions; he

how red his eyes had

felt so, so

wanted him

he had found himself a

take part

truth can never come to

world,” the man muttered

terrified all of

no way Alessandra would be able to

found out that

home, Emmanuel headed over to

instructed by

message.

an upscale area

thousand per

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number

mentioning the block

I had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie

six

the middle of a meeting

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

that the

allow her to

her

The sky

empty stomach ate at

he decided to video call

aloof Mackenzie

to speak

hadn’t added him to her contacts

exchanged numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring

screen impatiently.

an

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who knew her understood

that mattered to her, but when it came

she didn’t bother

video call

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with the username

an unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and tried redialing her

he received a notification: This user

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a

time.

not messing with me, is

was

was her

though he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning, so all

a quick look at his call history

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