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.”

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

not try

ways with Zachary, and the thought that

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.

That voice...

a man standing in the

as

seen his face in magazines or on TV, she would never have recognized

be fair, she never expected

“Why... are you here?”

was doing here. He hated this arranged marriage, did he not? He should have zero intentions of meeting

glowered. “What, do I need your

“Sign this,” Isaac growled ,

but she could not sign it now and had to wait until after her mother‘s surgery. “Mr.

not signing it?” Isaac cut her short before she could finish, as if he had expected her to protest. After all,

means.

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

..

obviously misunderstood her, Irene wanted to explain. However, she accidentally tripped on the steps when she tried to chase him down, and dropped

tumbled out, and she quickly dropped to a crouch to pick them up. That was when 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

impassive face. He was curious as to why she was so nervous, so he lifted his foot and picked up the blister

one pill had been taken,

recognize. While he could not tell what pills were in there,