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

that she has

it, Manny. It’s what

shot him

knew her mother

that Alessandra would surely fear her

leaving if Emmanuel didn’t do as

asked.

to take the money to

and present it to

or not.

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really want to thank Mom, come back here

can so we can take a look at

her,” Roselynn added.

her doubts.

a blitz marriage, after all.

“I understand.”

around and

no emotions; he just didn’t want

see how red his eyes had

so guilty

wanted him

he had found himself a

to take part in a mere act.

to light-at least not until

this world,” the

of a sudden.

was no way Alessandra would be

found out that

Emmanuel headed

as instructed by Mackenzie via text

message.

was an upscale area in Yeringham and cost

thousand per square

many buildings there, but Mackenzie

him that the apartment

mentioning the

the sense to

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

he left Mackenzie

despite it being six in the evening,

middle of a meeting at work.

the CEO of Terence Group, she never

messages during meetings.

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long while and not receiving

figured that the

her to listen

sent her a text

reply. The sky had turned dark, and

ate at his

he decided to

aloof Mackenzie

to speak

added him to her contacts when

numbers earlier. At present, she

phone ring and glanced at the

screen impatiently.

was an extremely rare occurrence.

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who knew her understood that

that mattered to her, but when it

she didn’t bother responding to,

a video call would

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the username

unfamiliar profile picture call her,

and blocked his number instantly.

When did I ever give this person

she hung up, Emmanuel

and tried

received a notification:

messages

What the hell?

at the screen in a daze for a

time.

not messing with me, is

the man was smart enough to remember

Terence was

though he didn’t have Terence’s

earlier this morning, so

quick look at his call history to

Candy Crush

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