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.”

we? Don‘t get all mushy on me now.” Zachary actually felt a little embarrassed–she would be much closer to her dream if Isaac was not the one pulling strings. “I‘ll drive you home.” “No, it‘s fine.” Irene

not try

to the mansion after parting ways with Zachary, and the thought that Isaac would never

not as wary as 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

That voice...

a man standing in the

seemed to turn cold as he stared loftily upon her with a

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

never expected him to

“Why... are you here?”

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

do I need your permission to be

his territory “Sign this,” Isaac growled , unceremoniously throwing the divorce papers

not sign it now and had to wait until after her mother‘s surgery. “Mr. Jef–” she stammered, unsure how to address him.” Could

to protest. After all, there was no

means.

don‘t regret this later,” Isaac

..

wanted to explain. However, she accidentally tripped on the steps

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 blister pack

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

cavities, but one pill had been taken, leaving

noted a brand he did not recognize. While he could not