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.

I’m such a horrible son. This is her retirement fund!

What is she

she has left?

Manny. It’s what Mom

him a glance.

young woman knew her mother well,

would surely

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do

asked.

the man had to take the money to ease her

present it to

or not.

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to thank

as you can so we

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts.

marriage,

“I understand.”

Emmanuel spun around and

wasn’t that he had no emotions; he just didn’t want

family to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to have a

but instead, he had found himself a

take part in

never come to

left this world,” the

terrified all of a sudden.

was no way Alessandra would be able

found out that this was all a

leaving home, Emmanuel headed over to

by Mackenzie

message.

area in

thousand per square

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

that the

the block number.

the sense to get her

I’d better ask

left Mackenzie

being six in the

in the middle of a meeting

Group, she

messages during meetings.

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a long while and not receiving

figured that the

allow her to listen to his

sent her

The

stomach ate at his

decided to video

man knew how aloof Mackenzie was and didn’t

want to speak to her.

hadn’t added him to her

earlier. At

phone ring and

screen impatiently.

an extremely

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who knew her understood that she

her, but when it

she didn’t bother

a video call would change

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someone with the

with an unfamiliar profile picture call her,

frowned and blocked his number

I ever give this person my

how she hung up, Emmanuel knew

her and tried

received a notification: This user

messages

What the hell?

the screen in a daze for a long

time.

not messing with me, is

smart enough to

was

though he didn’t have Terence’s

had called him earlier this morning, so

at his

Candy Crush

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