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?

tonight, at Wing B of Grand Court Hotel. Don‘t miss it!” a colleague reminded her upon seeing

She was keeping her hands inside her white lab coat, and thinking to herself that she really did not

that Whitney and Isaac were somehow

headed to Grand Court Hotel at eight anyway, but spotted a car stopping near the entrance just as she was about to head

and

poking her head

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

hospital would be showing up at the

on extensive makeup and a

aren‘t we?” Isaac replied, but he was only attending the part

more intimate , but her rejection of his offer before was now a wall

call Whitney to explain that she could not make it because of an emergency.

front, Whitney turned

and accidentally pressed the dial button. By the

and pursed her

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

not help raising a

worked at Charity

smiled

spoke, she inched

she not let the public find out that she was

your boyfriend?” She smiled, her dewy eyes

so that others

either, because he had his eyes on Irene, eager to see

flattery. “Honestly, you two look like the perfect couple a

urge

Irene knew how ruthless he could be, so she quickly made

the colleague who had greeted her

themselves and Isaac, the colleague quietly said, “That man is the head of Light Group. He‘s young but already accomplished, so I really envy Dr. Cox for having the good fortune

and has the looks and the body.” “How would you know that he‘s perfect? He might actually be crazy,” Irene could not help retorting calling him crazy was already being kind

colleague could not