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?

Wing B of Grand

was keeping her hands inside her white lab coat, and thinking to

that Whitney and Isaac were

eight anyway, but spotted a car stopping near

and Isaac soon

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

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

up at the farewell party

coming today.” Whitney had put on extensive makeup and a stylish gown, and there was a

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

but her rejection of his offer before was now

to explain that she could not make it

Whitney turned

and accidentally pressed the dial button. By the

up and pursed her

Isaac turned because of his familiarity with her voice, and he immediately spotted Irene standing nearby, looking laughably

help raising

at Charity

Whitney smiled warmly.

she spoke, she inched closer

had demanded that she not let the public find out that she

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

nothing, so that

because he had his eyes on Irene,

simply laughed lightly and showered them with flattery. “Honestly, you two look like the perfect couple a match made in

some reason, Isaac suddenly had the urge to tear

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

out to the colleague who had greeted her just now, and then hurried into the

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.

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 actually be crazy,”

could not help