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 to, because she was not going back to her

did not try to

Zachary, and the thought that Isaac would never set foot here relieved

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,

That voice...

and found a man standing in the

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

or on TV, she would never have

never expected him to show

“Why... are you here?”

idea what was doing here. He hated this arranged marriage,

“What, do I need your permission to be

territory “Sign this,”

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

signing it?” Isaac cut her short before she could finish, as if he had expected her to protest. After all, there was

means.

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

..

tripped on the steps

realized something was missing, and looked up to see that it

to why she was so nervous, so he lifted his foot and picked up

had two cavities, but one pill had been taken, leaving

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