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 one pulling strings. “I‘ll drive you home.” “No, it‘s fine.” Irene quickly refused–she had

not try to

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

she was 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 into loafers near the front door. “Nothing. I just like staying here

That voice...

a man standing in the

seemed to turn cold as he stared loftily upon her with

magazines or on TV, she

never expected him

“Why... are you here?”

arranged marriage, did he not? He should

do I need your permission

It was true – she was ‘invading‘ his territory “Sign this,” Isaac growled ,

she could not sign it now and had to wait until after

short before she could finish, as if he had expected her to protest. After all, there was no way she would agree to

means.

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

..

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

missing, and looked up to see that it had rolled

He was curious as to why she was so nervous, so he lifted

cavities, but one pill had been

did not recognize. While he could not tell what pills were in there, the line of text