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?”

mother, and she had to work part time jobs during university to pay her tuition fees.

tried to help her when I could, so we‘re good friends. Come on, Isaac

going to suffer without her

impassive, but his heart was actually

case did sound tragic ... though that was not reason enough to forgive her. He appeared even more relaxed then, and said thoughtfully, “I don‘t mind forgiving her

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Isaac was still upset with Irene, and knew that Irene never liked to bother others, so he explained, “She

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

did she refuse to

she was not desperate enough!

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

sounded impatient, and Zachary knew that it was futile to go on now. “Just

a cool glare then.

that close that he would go so far for

could he be the man she slept

liked her and tried to woo her back at university, she rejected all of

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a look of contempt, and thought to himself that

him a cuckold? While Isaac glowered at those thoughts, Zachary did not notice what was happening with him. He felt weary inwardly, but there was nothing else he

out of the building, he called Irene

hospital to visit her

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

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as she headed

she got in, a nurse saw her and told

she exclaimed in

about to call you,” the nurse replied, “You should