The Runaway Groom

Chapter 381

The woman who stood at the door had her long hair tied up elegantly, and was

dressed in a white tailored dress. Though she only had a pair of pearl earrings on, she appeared graceful despite the simplicity.

“You are…?” she asked as she watched Irene.

Irene was left spacing out for a moment–the woman looked exactly like she did in the photo.

Still, she quickly came to her senses and cried, “Please, you have to help me…”

Behind her, Ricky kept up his act. “Get back here or I’ll kill you! Did you think you could run from me?!”

Irene then looked pleadingly at Layla, saying, “He’ll kill me if I go with him–please, you have to help me!”

Fortunately, Layla was kind enough to stop the man behind Irene. “Please let her go, or I’ll have to call the cops.”

“She’s my woman! I can do whatever I want! Mind your own business?!” Ricky snarled, really looking the part of a rogue just then, although he lacked the appearance to really look menacing.

He took after his mother, and was good looking but has a rather kidlike face, and was not really brutish.

Layla frowned. “There are cameras here. You are breaking the law, and I can call the hotel staff here right away.”

all you want! I’ll be right next door–tell them to

left, while Irene kept pretending to be scared and said gratefully, “Thank

“It’s fine,” Layla replied.

was about to close the door, Irene quickly stopped the door and asked,

and

“Thank you,” Irene said.

tea, she said, “Here, have a drink to calm

that your boyfriend?”

on him and he’s trying to

stay with men with violent tendencies,” Layla asked. “You should break up

agreement, and suddenly asked, “Are you

asked it–what even was she asking? Of course she was,

her question. “Yes, my daughter is twenty this year,

Irene stunned–Layla has a

could not recall Isaac having a sister, or him

her name?”

“Erin Gooding,” Lalya replied.

heard of that name. Moreover, the

could not make heads or tails of their relationship, Irene knew that she should not be asking too much or she would

person I know, Isaac Jefferson…” She mentioned Isaac