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

she

all that

it, Manny. It’s what

shot him

woman knew her mother well, so she

Alessandra would

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t

asked.

had to take the money

and present it

wanted it or not.

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thank Mom, come back

as soon as you can

her,” Roselynn added.

she had her doubts.

a blitz marriage,

“I understand.”

that, Emmanuel spun around and

he had no emotions; he just

see how red

so, so

had always wanted

but instead, he had

part

never come to light-at

left this world,” the

terrified all of

was no way Alessandra would be able

found out that this

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over

instructed by Mackenzie via

message.

an upscale area in

thousand per square

buildings there,

the apartment

mentioning the

thing I had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better ask

he left Mackenzie a voice

six in the evening, Mackenzie

the middle of a meeting at

of Terence Group,

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not

figured that the woman’s

to listen

sent her a text

was still no reply. The sky

empty stomach ate at his

to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie

want to speak

him to her contacts

earlier. At present,

her phone ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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knew her understood that she would

mattered to her, but when

didn’t bother

call would change her

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with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture

frowned and blocked

did I ever give this person my

she hung up, Emmanuel

phone with her

received a notification:

messages from

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for a

time.

with

man was smart enough

was her

though he didn’t have

latter had called him earlier this morning, so all

look at his call history

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