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.”

closer to her dream if Isaac was not the one pulling strings. “I‘ll drive you home.” “No, it‘s fine.” Irene quickly refused–she had to, because she was not going back to her own

did not

ways with Zachary, and

and smiled. “You look quite happy. Did something good happen?” Irene was keeping her head down as she changed into

That voice...

and found a man standing in the

him seemed to turn cold as he stared loftily

magazines or on TV, she

never expected him

“Why... are you here?”

what was doing here. He hated this arranged marriage, did he not?

do I need

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

was only natural that he demanded a divorce, but she could not sign it now and had to

short before she could finish, as if he had expected her to protest. After all, there was no way she would agree to this so easily after she had forced him to marry

means.

it your way. Just don‘t regret this later,” Isaac

..

she accidentally tripped on the steps when she

she realized 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 the

why she was so nervous, so he lifted his foot

had two cavities, but one pill

not recognize. While he could not tell what pills were in there, the line of text at the bottom made it