The Runaway Groom

Chapter 14

Truth be told, Stan was not sure.

He had been puzzled and shocked himself to see Irene and Zachary holding a cheerful conversation over lunch he would never have known if he had not coincidentally passed by that restaurant either. “Should we call Dr. Slate and ask?” he suggested.

“Yeah,” Isaac flatly replied, and Stan quickly left to make the call.

Zachary arrived after around twenty minutes, and the instant he stepped into Isaac‘s office, he said, “Perfect timing. I was just going to-”

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“You know Irene Spencer?” Isaac asked.

Interjected before he could finish, Zachary was taken aback, but he soon nodded. “I do–she‘s my junior, and she‘s the one who treated your injury that time.”

Isaac leaned back on his brown leather couch , his long and bushy eyelashes twitching above his jet – black gaze.

That was her?

It was actually surprising.

“Right, so...” Zachary continued as he entered and took a seat. “Can‘t you be nicer to her, Isaac?”

Isaac raised a brow and loafed even more casually just then, but those who knew him understood that the more casual he was, the more pensive he actually was.

Zachary was actually close to Irene?

Somehow, he felt upset–and he actually had no idea why he felt that way.

“Are you siding with her?” he asked quietly. “What is she to you?”

her father has a mistress and is cold toward her and her mother, and she had to work part time jobs during university to pay her tuition fees. A tragic case on all counts,” Zachary said, earnestly defending Irene, telling her life story as well so that Isaac would spare her, or at least let her keep

I could, so we‘re good friends. Come on, Isaac – she needs her job to pay her mother‘s medical bills. Can‘t you

going to suffer without

but his heart was actually

forgive her. He appeared even more relaxed then, and said thoughtfully, “I

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with Irene, and knew that Irene never liked to bother others, so he explained, “She wouldn‘t have come

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

was desperate, why did

was

for Irene‘s sake, but Isaac refused to listen. “Like I said, tell her to come

sounded impatient, and Zachary knew that it was futile to go on

a cool glare then. “Do you like

that he

he be the man

more admiration, to be honest,” Zachary quickly explained. “She‘s quite likable, and although there were many boys who liked her and tried to woo her back at university, she rejected all of them. That‘s a proper maiden of integrity for you, and I think I‘d fall

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contempt, and thought to himself that he

make him a cuckold? While Isaac glowered at those thoughts, Zachary did not notice what was happening with

the building, he

restaurant, Irene returned to her hospital to visit

but Irene knew about Isaac‘s bad temper

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up, she composed herself as she

nurse saw her and told her,” Your mother is

exclaimed in

you,” the nurse replied, “You should