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

she

all that

It’s what

shot him a

young woman knew her mother well, so

Alessandra would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

take the money to ease

it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

as soon as you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her

blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

spun around

he had no emotions; he

how red his

so,

wanted him to

instead, he had found

to take part in

come to light-at least

world,” the man

terrified all

way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was all

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by

message.

was an upscale

thousand

were many buildings there, but Mackenzie

the apartment number

the block

had the sense to get her

outside City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a

being six in

the middle of a meeting

the CEO of Terence

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

Emmanuel figured that

to listen to his

he sent her a

The

stomach ate at

to video call

aloof

to speak

added him to her contacts

numbers earlier.

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that

to her,

didn’t bother

a video call would change her

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with the username

with an unfamiliar profile

frowned and blocked his

When did I ever

hung up, Emmanuel knew

phone with her and tried

he received a notification:

messages from

What the hell?

stared at the screen in a daze for a

time.

not messing with

man was smart enough to

was her

though he didn’t

called him earlier this morning,

quick look at his call history to

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