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.

such a horrible son.

What is she going to do if

that she has

It’s what

shot him a

knew her mother well,

would surely fear

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

take the money to ease

present it to Mackenzie-whether

wanted it or not.

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you really want to thank

you can so

her,” Roselynn added.

truth, she had her doubts. Her

a blitz marriage, after

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and left

had no

how red his eyes had

so,

had always wanted him to

instead, he had found himself a

take part in a mere

never come

world,” the

terrified all of a

Alessandra would be

if she found out that

Emmanuel headed over to

as instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per square

buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the apartment number

the

the sense to

I’d

he left Mackenzie a voice

being six in the evening,

middle of

the CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and

figured that the

allow her to listen to

so he sent her

still no reply. The sky had turned

stomach ate at

to

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was and

to speak

him to

exchanged numbers earlier. At present,

ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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understood that she would

text that mattered to her, but

whom she didn’t

call would

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with the username

unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked

When did I ever

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her and tried

received a notification: This user only

messages

What the hell?

screen in a daze for a

time.

messing with

was smart enough to

was

though he didn’t have

him earlier this morning,

a quick look at his call

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