The Runaway Groom

Chapter 6

Isaac looked up. He raised a brow, amplifying his menacing presence. “What?”

Zachary gritted his teeth. “Whatever. I will bear with it this time since it concerns your happiness.”

Isaac gave him a dark, placid look. “Drive.”

After Stan drove off, Zachary decided that he must at least do something for Irene, but saw that she had just stepped out of the entrance when he turned to head back to the lounge.

“Irene...” Zachary walked up to her.

“I need to go.”

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She was still smiling at him, and it hurt Zachary to see her like this. “I‘ll do my best to find a donor for your mother.”

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The thought of her mother left Irene‘s gut clenching. She worked hard to hide her feelings, but the quiver in her voice was telling. “Really?”

A heart donor does not grow on trees, and there were plenty of cases where patients died even before they found a match.

Her eyes welling with tears, she did not know how to

convey her gratitude other than saying, “Thank you, Zachary.”

now.” Zachary actually felt a little embarrassed–she would be much closer to her dream if Isaac was not the

Zachary did not try

with Zachary, and the thought that Isaac would never set

the first day she moved in, and smiled. “You look quite happy. Did something good happen?” Irene was keeping her head down as she changed into loafers near the front door. “Nothing. I just like staying here with you, Mrs. Watson–just the two of us.” Another voice asked, “Are you saying that

That voice...

a man standing

around him seemed to turn cold as he stared

or on TV, she would never have recognized her

be fair, she never expected him to show

“Why... are you here?”

arranged marriage, did he not? He should have zero

glowered. “What, do I need your permission

true – she was ‘invading‘ his territory “Sign this,” Isaac growled , unceremoniously throwing the divorce papers he

now and had to

had expected her to protest. After all, there was no way she would agree to

means.

don‘t regret this

..

she accidentally tripped on the steps

something was missing, and looked up to see that it had rolled to Isaac‘s feet. Reaching out by reflex and keen not to be noticed, a foot stepped on

Isaac‘s impassive face. He was curious as to why she was so nervous, so

had two cavities, but one pill had been

he could not