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.

a horrible son. This is her retirement

is she going

all that

it, Manny. It’s what

him

woman knew her mother well,

that Alessandra would surely

if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the money

it to

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back

you can so we can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts. Her brother had

blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and left

he had no emotions; he just didn’t

to see how red his

so,

had always wanted

he had found himself

part in a

come to light-at least not

left this world,” the man

all

was no way Alessandra would be

out that this was all a

home, Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

buildings

the apartment number was

mentioning the

had the sense to

Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie a voice

it being six in the

of

of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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waiting for a long while and not receiving

figured that

didn’t allow her to listen

sent her a

reply. The sky had turned dark,

stomach ate

to

aloof Mackenzie was

to speak

hadn’t added him

numbers earlier.

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

was an

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knew her understood that she

that mattered to her, but when it came

whom she didn’t bother responding

call would

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with the username

an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked his number

I ever

how she hung

with her and tried redialing

received a notification: This user

and messages

What the hell?

in a daze for a

time.

not messing with me, is

the man was smart

was

he didn’t

latter had called him earlier this morning, so all

was a quick look at his call history

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