The Runaway Groom

Chapter 97 Lulu laughed. “It‘s alright. You don‘t have to be cagey around me– just treat me like you would treat Irene.”

Meanwhile, Sheryl gently rocked Tommy so that he would fall asleep, before turning back to Lulu. “Irene is a mother now. Maybe you should consider marriage... A real marriage, I mean.”

Lulu had to blink back tears just then

it was not as if she thought that Sheryl was meddling.

Instead, she was being emotional because that was what her own late mother had told her before. And now, her own mother could never bug her again. She smiled but did not respond to Sheryl‘s suggestion.

speed, reaching it before sunrise. There, he waited at the place where Lulu said they would meet. When it was time,

eyes. He did not pay any attention to the child she was holding–all

was a lot

felt herself straining to hold her resolve even as she looked at him. Nonetheless, she stopped herself from relenting and said cruelly, “I‘m married. This is my child.” It was a slap to Zachary‘s face! That was when he looked at the child in her arms, his pupils dilating as his gaze darkened. “W–What? You‘re married?!” He sprang to his feet, exclaiming, “I don‘t believe you!” He was convinced that

believed that Lulu would have her reasons, but

he came to his senses to look at the baby again, he asked, “His name is Tommy?” Lulu nodded, and kept trying to dissuade him. “Tommy really is my child. I

you. I‘m sorry–forgive me for being fickle and leaving with another man, betraying our relationship and your feelings. Please forgive me.” Zachary‘s composure cracked at

Tommy’s just so that she did not have to look at Zachary.

never resorted to harsh words, his tone was still severe.