The Runaway Groom

Chapter 139

It sounded like Zachary was chugging a beer!

“Quit drinking, Zachary!” Irene whispered.

“Hah! Why not? She betrayed me.” He chuckled in disappointment, misery, and disbelief!

“Listen, Zachary, I only have your number. That’s why I called you. Someone is holding me hostage in a hotel right now, tell—”

Someone knocked on her door before she could finish, and she quickly hung up.

On the other end, Zachary was too drunk to think about what Irene said he was actually puzzled that she hung up on him.

Meanwhile, Irene answered the door after putting on her clothes, and found Chad standing at the doorway.

He actually doubled back, remembering that there were phones in the hotel room, and that Irene could call for outside help

He strode inside, glancing at the phone as he asked, “Did you contact Isaac Jefferson?”

Irene could not remember Isaac’s number, or she would have.

“I didn’t.” She smiled.

and told his people to check with

because she did not call Isaac anyway, and Chad’s goon soon returned. “She did make a call, but it wasn’t to

smiled. “See? I

said, “Do

is it?”

Irene a white bottle, he said, “I have a rough idea now, and what you said is true- Isaac has been abusing you. Since he’s our mutual enemy, shall

contained since

him off easy-we’ll make him a nutcase and

sounded ruthless, Irene did not hesitate to take the bottle and agree

in her head of Chad’s stupidity- would Isaac care about how others saw him

compliance spares me a lot of trouble,” Chad said with satisfaction, and looked around the

replied, pausing for a moment before asking,

now.” Chad smiled. “However, I need assurance that you won’t renege

Irene frowned. “What leverage?”

course-it applies to all women. Let me

then, and clenched her

line here. I have to think for

struck her. “Sure,