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

Irene replied. She was keeping her hands inside her white lab coat, and thinking

and Isaac

a car stopping near

and Isaac

hid behind a pillar, poking her head

another as they stood side–by–side. She could tell that Isaac really liked Whitney too, since he was willing to show up at an occasion

said, everyone at the hospital would be showing up at the

a stylish gown, and there was a

friends, aren‘t we?” Isaac replied, but he was only attending the part because of their night of shared

her rejection of his

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 as she was to make

front, Whitney

in response, and accidentally pressed the dial button. By the time she realized what was happening, Whitney‘s phone was already

and pursed her lips.

voice, and he immediately spotted Irene standing nearby, looking laughably stupid as she still held her cell

could not help

worked at Charity

Whitney smiled warmly.

she spoke, she inched closer to

let the public find out that she was his wife, Irene

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

smiled but said nothing, so that others would simply think that

either, because he had his

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

Isaac suddenly had the urge to tear

could be, so she quickly made her retreat. “I‘ll be heading in, then–I shouldn‘t

who had greeted her just now, and then hurried into

and Isaac, the colleague quietly said, “That man is the head of Light Group. He‘s young but

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 to him,

colleague could not help