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.

fifty-seven. What is she going

that she

it, Manny. It’s what Mom

shot him a

her

Alessandra would surely

Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

had to take the money

and present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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want to thank Mom, come

as soon as you can so we can take a look

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts. Her brother

blitz

“I understand.”

spun around and left

that he had no

see how

felt so, so

always wanted him to have a

instead, he had found himself a

part in a mere

truth can never come to light-at

left this world,” the man muttered to

terrified all of a

no way Alessandra would be

if she found out that this was all

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

an upscale area

ten thousand per square

buildings there,

the apartment number

mentioning the block

the sense

City Hall. I’d

Mackenzie a voice

despite it being six in the evening,

in the middle of a

Terence Group, she never checked

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not

Emmanuel figured that the

her to

he sent her

reply. The

stomach ate at

decided to video call

how aloof Mackenzie was and

want to speak to

hadn’t added him to her

numbers earlier.

heard her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare

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understood that she

mattered to her, but when

didn’t

call would change

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someone with

an unfamiliar profile picture call

woman frowned and blocked

ever give

how she hung up,

her phone with her and tried redialing

he received a notification: This

and messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for a

time.

messing with

the man was smart enough to

was her

though he didn’t have

had called him earlier this

at his call history to

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