The Runaway Groom

Chapter 161

Suddenly, Irene felt as if something was stuck in her chest, suffocating her.

“You’re not insisting on staying, are you?” Henry growled, seeing the look on her face. “Are you really making a bastard called Isaac daddy? Would he accept that? Do you think I would?” Irene suddenly realized that she had missed out something important–Isaac was the heir to his family’s inestimable wealth!

The greater the dynasty, the more selective they were about bloodlines.

Even if Isaac insisted that he did not mind and was willing to raise Tommy as his own, would Henry allow Tommy in the family, when the blood of the Jeffersons did not flow in his veins? It was maybe acceptable for the average family, but not for a dynasty, especially with a throne and money at stake.

Irene realized that she had been delusional. Having focused on herself and Isaac, she had ignored innumerable external elements, along with the environment where Tommy would be raised, or if she would hurt him spiritually.

She was so obsessed with herself that she had neglected him.

She was obliged to provide a stable, comfortable environment for Tommy, not a dynasty with convoluted relations.

Meeting Henry’s gaze, she said, “I’ll leave.”

attitude.

the divorce, since I was the one who registered your

her head. “I’ve let you down, even though you saved

want to see that child

was becoming increasingly impolite, but he believed that Irene was obligated to help

since he did save her mother–if nothing else, she

a woman named Kathy York who is working for Isaac. She’ll replace you, but Isaac is unwilling to divorce you. As such,

for something else?”

did not want things to be so bitter with

hesitation. “Get Isaac

could she bear

asked icily, convinced that she was already making excuses and not actually willing

have what it takes to control him? I can only promise to do my best, but don’t blame me if I

what she said, she knew that she could not refuse Henry, and must repay him

future.