The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 14

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?”

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

strength, Zahcary continued, “That’s why I tried to help her when I could, so we‘re good friends. Come on,

suffer

but his heart was actually

... though that was not reason enough to forgive her. He appeared even more relaxed then, and

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

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

desperate, why did she refuse to come

she was

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

futile to go on now. “Just

shot him a cool glare then. “Do you

they that close that he would go so

he be the man she

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,

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look of contempt, and thought to himself

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

the building, he called Irene

hospital to visit her mother when she received Zachary‘s

but Irene knew about Isaac‘s bad temper anyway, and said, “It‘s fine. You don‘t have to worry

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up, she composed herself as she headed

in, a nurse saw her and told

she exclaimed in

the

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