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?”

and she had to work part time jobs during university to pay her tuition fees. A tragic case

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

suffer

but his heart was

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

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

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

was desperate, why did she refuse

was not desperate enough!

Irene‘s sake, but Isaac refused to listen.

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

a cool glare then.

he would go so

he be the man she

and tried to woo her back at

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contempt, and thought to himself that he

she proper? What about her integrity? Would a proper maiden sleep with another man on 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

the building, he

restaurant, Irene returned to her hospital to visit

knew about Isaac‘s bad temper anyway, and said, “It‘s fine.

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composed herself as

in, a nurse saw her and told

she exclaimed in

to call you,” the nurse

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