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?”

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

on, Isaac – she needs her job to

to suffer without her

remained impassive, but his heart

even more relaxed

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

Isaac snorted coldly. Desperate?

why did she refuse to come

she was not desperate enough!

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

and Zachary knew that it was futile to go on now. “Just don‘t push

shot him a cool glare then.

that close that he would go so far for

he be the man she

her back at university, she rejected all of them. That‘s a proper maiden of integrity for you, and I think I‘d fall for her if I weren‘t spoken

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and thought to himself that he must be

cuckold? While Isaac glowered at those thoughts, Zachary did not notice what was happening with him. He felt weary inwardly, but there

building, he called Irene outside

hospital to

apologized for failing to persuade Isaac, but Irene knew about Isaac‘s bad temper anyway, and

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as she headed inside her mother‘s

she got in, a nurse saw her and told her,” Your mother

she exclaimed

just about to call you,” the nurse replied, “You should go check on

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