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?

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

white lab coat, and thinking to

thought that Whitney and Isaac were somehow acquainted left her cold

she headed to Grand Court Hotel at eight anyway, but spotted a car stopping near the entrance

and

hid behind a pillar, poking her

match for one another as they stood side–by–side. She could tell that Isaac

up at the farewell party today as well, would they

and a stylish gown, and there

Isaac replied, but he was only attending the part because of their night

intimate , but her rejection of his

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

the dial button. By the time she realized what was happening,

quickly hung up and pursed her lips. “Sorry, wrong

that as it may, Isaac turned because of his familiarity with her voice, and he immediately spotted Irene

could not help raising a

worked at Charity

smiled warmly. “It’s

spoke, she inched closer to

not let the public find out that she was his wife, Irene

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

nothing, so that others would simply think that Isaac

it either, because he had his eyes on Irene, eager to see how she would

you two look like the perfect couple a

suddenly had the urge to

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

who had greeted her just now,

they managed to 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 I really envy Dr. Cox for having the good fortune of

the looks and the body.” “How would you

could not