A Whirlwind Marriage with the Beautiful CEO

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!

fifty-seven. What is she going to

she has

it, Manny. It’s what Mom wants.”

him a

knew her mother well,

would surely fear

didn’t do as she

asked.

take the money to ease

it to

it or not.

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you really want to thank Mom, come back here with

wife as soon as you can so we can take a

her,” Roselynn added.

had her doubts. Her brother had

a blitz marriage, after all.

“I understand.”

spun around

had no emotions; he

to see how red his eyes had

felt so, so guilty

wanted him to have a blissful

instead, he had found himself a random

take part in

to light-at least not until

world,” the man muttered to

all of a

Alessandra would be able

out that this was

leaving home, Emmanuel headed

instructed by Mackenzie

message.

place was an upscale area in Yeringham and

thousand per

there, but Mackenzie had

the

mentioning the

had the sense to

outside City Hall. I’d better ask her now.

Mackenzie

despite it being six in the evening,

middle of a meeting

CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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for a long while and not receiving a

Emmanuel figured that the

her to listen to his voice

so he sent her a text

no reply. The sky had turned

empty stomach ate at his

to

how aloof Mackenzie was and didn’t

to speak

hadn’t added him to her

exchanged numbers earlier. At present, she

ring and glanced at

screen impatiently.

an extremely rare occurrence.

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who knew her understood that she

every text that mattered to her, but when it

didn’t bother responding to,

video call would change her mind.

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someone with the

an unfamiliar profile picture

woman frowned and blocked

I ever give this person

hung up, Emmanuel knew

and

a notification: This

and messages from friends.

What the hell?

in a

time.

not messing with

was smart

Terence was her

didn’t have Terence’s number

called him earlier this morning, so all

his call history to

Candy Crush

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