The Runaway Groom

Chapter 12

Henry had already put a plan together, and it took Moneypenny a while to get it.

“Is that why you asked me to find a heart donor–”

He had barely finished when Irene stepped out of the restroom with the first aid kit.

Moneypenny promptly turned silent, while Henry leaned against his cane to rise to his feet, and told Irene, “Come with me.”

He was heading to his study, and Irene put the first aid kit on a table before following him. Sitting behind the large desk in the study, sadness showed in Henry‘s eyes as he told her, “Isaac‘s father passed away very early, and while I raised him, he always lived away from home since he studied at a boarding school. He moved out right after graduating university to take over the company, too, and is so busy he basically never comes home.”

There was quietness in Henry’s voice. Isaac’s father was his eldest son, and no matter how long had passed, he still felt miserable about his passing because no father should ever have to bury his son.

He also knew that Isaac had his reason for not coming

home, and he could foresee what Isaac would do to his uncle‘s family after his death.

In fact, Isaac held back this long because he still respected Henry, and he needed a woman to make him learn to feel...

So that he would give up on hatred.

They were all his flesh and blood, and he did not want them slaughtering each other.

“Sir…” Irene murmured, unsure of how to reassure him.

There was no question that Henry had been good to her. Even though she was forced to marry into this family because of Lionel‘s greed, Henry never held her in contempt.

Raising a handle to assure her she had nothing to worry about, he continued, “The reason I agreed to let you marry Isaac is because I know that you are a good child, just as your grandfather had been loyal and kind. You are his granddaughter, and his blood runs in your veins that is why I wanted you to stay with Isaac and care for him.”

“Sir, I believe that it would be ideal for him if he had someone he loves with him instead…”

Irene’s words were her earnest opinion.

perspective, however, she seemed to be giving up and making excuses

this long, was there any

was actually easy to convince

you have your difficulties,” he said as he drew out a document from his drawer and handed it to her. “Your mother is ill, and she requires a donor match for a heart transplant. I happened to have found a match, and I‘ve spoken to the right people. Sign this agreement, and the surgery is a go– I will pay for everything, including the surgical cost as well as any other

she soon thought to herself

keep her from divorcing Isaac. And the old man certainly knew how to hold leverage against her, so

condition is worsening, and would be beyond saving if the transplant is delayed any further. Heart donors are not that easily found

in her hands,

reason Henry called her here now dawned upon

I can care for

Tim‘s

calm, but she was too flustered to do

was true that her mother‘s illness could not wait, and she would have a better chance of survival with early

to Isaac anyway, she agreed to it for the sake of her

you‘ll definitely make

Irene kept her lips tightly pursed and stayed silent, convinced that Henry

Not her.

the hospital right now, and tell them to perform the

stood there, at once expectant

asked, “May I go to the hospital too,

and concern for her sick mother, so he allowed it. “Of

there was no way Isaac would let Irene into his

and told the butler who was waiting outside

with me, Mrs. Jefferson ,” the butler told Irene, and she

she was in a dream-everything

she arrived and saw that the old man had arranged everything perfectly, she realized that

a night of

would be a long period of observation and rehabilitation afterward, relief could be seen on

lying in a ward for post-surgery observation, her mother’s

straight