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?”

is that 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

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

to suffer without her

remained impassive, but his heart was actually

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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tell right then that Isaac was still upset with Irene, and knew that Irene never liked to bother others,

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

she was desperate, why did she refuse to

just meant she was not desperate enough!

Isaac refused to listen. “Like I said, tell her

and Zachary knew that it was futile to go on now. “Just don‘t push her too far–she did

cool glare then. “Do you

he would go so far for

he be the

woo her back at university, she rejected all of them. That‘s a proper maiden of integrity for

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look of contempt, and thought to himself that

her wedding night, and make 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 could

the building, he called Irene outside

her hospital to

to persuade Isaac, but Irene knew about Isaac‘s bad temper anyway,

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as she headed inside her

got in, a nurse saw her and told her,”

exclaimed

call you,” the nurse replied, “You should go check on her.”