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?

farewell party for Dr. Cox at eight tonight, at Wing B of Grand Court Hotel. Don‘t miss it!” a colleague reminded her upon

She was keeping her hands inside her white lab coat,

and Isaac were

eight anyway, but spotted a car stopping near the entrance just as she was about to

alighted, and Isaac

behind a pillar, poking her head out slightly to peek at

She could tell that Isaac really liked Whitney too, since he was willing to show up

at the hospital would be showing up at the farewell

Whitney had put on extensive makeup and a stylish gown,

was only attending the part because of their

certainly like it if they could get even more intimate , but her rejection of his offer before was

left. 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 just

front, Whitney turned

the time she

up and pursed her lips. “Sorry, wrong

his familiarity with her voice, and he immediately spotted Irene standing nearby, looking laughably stupid as she

help raising a

at Charity

smiled

she spoke, she inched

Isaac had demanded that she not let the public find out that she was his wife, Irene simply pretended that

She smiled, her dewy eyes as clear

so that

he had his eyes on Irene,

and showered them with flattery. “Honestly, you two look like

urge to tear

Irene knew how ruthless he could be, so she quickly made her retreat. “I‘ll be heading in, then–I

colleague who had greeted her just now, and then

man is the head of

silent, so the colleague continued,” Honestly, how could a man as perfect as him come to be? He‘s rich, and has the looks and the body.” “How would you know that he‘s perfect? He might

colleague could not