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.”

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

did not try to

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

was keeping her head down as she changed into loafers near

That voice...

a man

around him seemed to turn cold as he stared loftily

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

be fair, she never expected him to

“Why... are you here?”

arranged marriage, did he not? He should have zero intentions of

need

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

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

if he had expected her to protest. After all, there was no

means.

Just don‘t regret this later,” Isaac said as he

..

that he had obviously misunderstood her, Irene wanted to explain. However, she accidentally tripped on the

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

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

cavities, but one pill had

While he could not tell what pills were