The Runaway Groom

Chapter 9

“Tell him I said no. And get me a coffee,” Isaac growled as he strode into his own office, heading straight for his desk.

“But Mr. Gooding said that he won‘t leave unless you see him...”

Isaac turned to look at his secretary, who quickly lowered her head.

“Bring him here,” he said, before sitting down and unbuttoning his suit.

Soon, the secretary returned with Harvey and Isaac‘s coffee.

Harvey appeared very upset, and snapped at Isaac immediately, “Where did you find that woman?”

Isaac picked up his coffee and gestured for his secretary to leave, before finally looking up at Harvey.

“Look what she did!” Harvey continued, pointing at a distinct slash mark on his neck, before showing the bandage on his wrist. “She almost cut off my tendons, too!”

Isaac’s gaze darted between Harvey‘s injuries, feeling slightly delighted just then. Although he knew the answer, he asked, “What happened?”

Harvey appeared traumatized. “That woman had a scalpel ! And she was somehow breathtakingly efficient with it! The doctor at the hospital told me she‘d barely missed my jugular! Honestly, I almost died before getting any action.... That‘s why I‘m asking again—where did you find that woman?”

On the other hand, Isaac was in a good mood to hear that Harvey did not manage to get his way with Irene. Leaning on his chair, he maintained his usual aloof visage as he asked, “Why are you looking for her?”

“For revenge, of course!” Harvey exclaimed indignantly, since he had never been humiliated this much.

Moreover, Irene did not tell him anything about herself,

so she remained an enigma.

“If it‘s for revenge, you‘ll have to find her yourself.”

Harvey was stumped for a moment, but soon snarled viciously, “Fine, I‘ll come up with something! If I get to her first, I‘ll cripple her hands– let‘s see how she‘ll swing a scalpel then!”

At the hospital, Irene had just stepped out of the examination room when she shivered from a mysterious chill.

Was someone cursing her?

party for Dr. Cox at eight tonight, at Wing B of Grand Court Hotel. Don‘t

lab coat, and thinking to

Isaac were somehow acquainted left her cold

eight anyway, but spotted a car stopping near the

and Isaac

a pillar, poking her head out slightly to peek

like a good match for one another as they stood side–by–side. She could tell that Isaac really liked Whitney too, since he

showing up at the farewell party today

makeup and a stylish gown, and there

only attending the part

get even more intimate , but her rejection of his offer before was now a wall between them, so she had to be

She was repulsed by the idea of being around Isaac, and after much consideration, she decided to call Whitney to explain that she could not make it because of an emergency. She took out her phone, but

Whitney turned

dial button. By the time she realized what was happening, Whitney‘s phone

and pursed her lips. “Sorry, wrong

that as it may, Isaac turned because of his familiarity with her voice, and he immediately spotted Irene standing nearby, looking laughably stupid as she still held her cell

could not help

worked at Charity

smiled warmly. “It’s

she spoke, she inched closer

public find out that she was his

gentleman your boyfriend?” She smiled, her dewy eyes as

nothing, so that others would simply think that

did not deny it either, because he had his eyes on Irene,

you two look like the

urge to tear

could be, so she quickly made her retreat. “I‘ll be heading

colleague who had greeted her just now, and then hurried

put some distance between themselves and Isaac, the colleague quietly said, “That man is the head of Light Group. He‘s young but already accomplished, so

“How would you know that he‘s perfect? He might actually be crazy,”

could