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.

be giving up and making excuses to

this long, was there any situation he

was actually easy to convince

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

thought to

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

that your mother‘s condition is worsening, and would be beyond saving if the transplant is

in her hands, feeling at a loss

the real reason Henry called her here

do you think I can

said–you‘re Tim‘s granddaughter. I

but she was too flustered to do

wait, and she would have a better chance of survival with

she was married to Isaac anyway, she agreed to it for the sake

in character is right, and you‘ll definitely

her lips tightly pursed and stayed silent, convinced that Henry was wrong–that

Not her.

up the phone, saying, “I‘ll contact the

there, at

call, she asked, “May I

was a daughter’s care and concern for her sick mother, so he allowed it. “Of

no way Isaac

and told the butler who was waiting outside the door, “Moneypenny, get a car for

with me, Mrs. Jefferson ,” the butler told

the hospital, Irene felt like she was in a dream-everything had happened so quickly that it actually

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

a night of near misses, the transplant

would be a long period of observation and rehabilitation afterward,

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

entire night, she headed straight to her clinic